Dundid Dundee

On our first day in Scotland itself we resorted to some old habits and had a city day, or in fact two cities in a day.

Kicking it off we went to St Andrews. Once a centre of Scottish religious power, this small city is now very much defined by its university, it's Cathedral and its Castle, both now in a worse state of repair. Pictured above is Danni on the breakwater made from the reused stones of the castle.

Cool castle although I don't think it'll be repelling any Englishmen any time soon!

A funky university-affiliated museum in the centre sure did have some opinions about things.

A box of chips and 2 bagels later we headed out of St Andrews and across the river Tay to Dundee. Before going into Dundee itself we headed along the coast a bit to the castle at Broughty. This medieval castle was in a state of disrepair when a short man with a limp in France started taking over half of Europe. Not wanting to also be subject to Napoleon's constitutions and French rule, the British government redesigned the castle into one of the few examples of an 18th century fort in the UK.

Wandering into Dundee itself we popped into a very modern art museum and then we were confronted with the RRS Discovery. This was Shackleton's ship that took him to the pole. Unfortunately it was not available for a ferry ride up the coast.

Thoroughly tired out and nicely parked up in the Cairngorms we settled in for our first night in the Highlands.