German American club - Stammisch

The ladies of Stammisch and me in our dirndls.

Our president at the pig roast.

Our president singing at the pig roast.

Ghost Tour in Edinburgh

On our last night in Edinburgh my parents and I decided to take a Ghost Tour.  There are many different types of Ghost Tours and we went on the torture and ghost tour.  Since our tour include torture, they had items in at their office of torture.  (it seemed to be a common theme in my excursions in Europe).

The tour was one of the highlights of our trip not because they talked about ghosts, which they barely spoke of, but becasue it was an interesting history lesson.  It told the dark, gross part of history which we tend to ignore.

This weapon was used to cut people's heads off.

This is probably the most disgusting item of torture I have ever heard about. 

This is a little Blair Witch. 

This is the circle where the BBC version of Ghost Hunters was filmed.  The camera man started to feel uncomfortable while filming so he left. He had 30 scratches on his back and need 8 stitches.

The seedy road where the office for the Ghost Tour is located.

This is where the Ghost Tour met.  And the blurred visions on this photo are the closest I got to seeing ghosts.

Fountains Abbey

This is a World Heritage site. The Abbey was founded in 1132. The life of Abbey was brought to an abrupt end in 1539 by Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

There was not enough time for us to see the fountains.  So we only saw the Abbey. 

In Bruges - Kinda like the movie with less violence

One of the canals in the city of Bruges.

This is a wall with only Belgium beers and the beer's corresponding glass

Me in front of the one of the city's canals

Fall colors.

Bruges is a very beautiful city.  Unfornuately, we did not have enough time to take a canal ride.  One of the churches in Bruges claims to have the blood of Christ in it.  But the blood is on display only at specific times to the public so we were not able to do.  Also, it appeared that the watchtower was closed due to construction so we were unable to do that as well. 

We did get a wonderful tour of the city.  Bruges is called the "egg city" because of its shape and the way it developed.  Bruges has two parts the yolk and the white stuff.

We watched the movie In Bruges before we came to this town. 

One of the canals was filled with swans and ducks.  It was pretty beautiful.

Me in front of one of the canals of the outer city

Statue of Michangelo - the only one outside of Italy.

One of the four horsemen

Stirling Castle - Highlands

Reenactment of a war.

The premerie of Braveheart was done at this castle.

The king from Braveheart.  Robert the Bruce or something like that.

Near the bridge in this picture is where the statue of William Wallace is located.  I could not see though.  Maybe you can.

Graveyard near the castle.

The castle's garden

The tapestries which apparently are a big deal.

The Firth of Fourth

My dad and me in front of the bridge.

The bridge by itself.

It is the famous bridge in Scotland.  It is a railroad.  If you look closely at the second picture you can see a train chugging along the tracks.

The Edradour - The Smallest Distillery in Scotland

Wall of the Different types of Whisky the Distillery makes.

River on the Distillery's property

The process of making whisky is a stinky process.  This place is the last handmade whisky distillery in Scotland.