Saturday, November 04, 2017

Stirling Here We Come!

We have another week in Scotland, with no house sit scheduled: AirBnB to the rescue!  Even though this is our third visit to Scotland, we have never been to the Stirling and Glasgow areas.  There is a lot of history waiting for us, as well as walking in the footprint of ancestors.  Fun!

Admiring a stone wall while waiting at the light for highway construction.
 The drive down to Old Plean, the village we are staying in, was a change of pace.  There was road construction on both the small roads and the A roads.  Instead of using people to control the traffic when the road narrows to one lane, they have signal lights on sensors.  Seems like a more reasonable way than two people with radios holding stop and go signs, while enduring all kinds of weather.

As we got closer to Perth, the traffic increased and by the time the road split to go either to Edinburgh or Glasgow, it was frantic.  I think I like the lack of traffic in the highlands much better.  We found our AirBnb after a bit of searching; no street address just the name of the house and a postal code. Our host is very friendly; even is planning a trip to Tucson to birdwatch!

Making coffee in our little kitchen.
 Our little apartment is wonderful.  One bedroom, one bath with an enormous shower, and open plan kitchen, dining, lounge. There is also a lovely garden with seating area, but it's been a bit wet and chilly to sit out and enjoy.   I think we will be quite comfortable here, and it's only $69 a night!

The bathroom.

Panorama of our open plan living area. The door on the right leads into the bedroom.


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