St. Andrews was are destination today. Our friendly bus driver Norm picked us up for the trip there today. First up was a game of golf. Yep you heard me. I played golf in St. Andrews.......well not the official course of course : ) but really, really close by. I could see actual golfers and hear the "ping" when they made contact with the ball (and saw a few of them headed to the tall grass to retrieve their ball). We got to play 18 holes of putt putt at the Ladies Putting Club called the Himalayas. It was quite fun and I am quite bad. I'm really good at hitting it hard (but not when needed, nor in the correct direction) and I can putt really close (by close I mean like a hand distance way from the hole). It was a lovely way to spend the morning. The weather cooperated and it was fun to play. I got a score of 66- the highest in my group but not too bad (of course we stopped counting after 6 strokes and if it was like an inch from the rim we counted it as in- I really like the scoring policies of my group! ) I did get one hole in 2 hits one time- all by myself! After our game we got on the bus and it took us up into town. I grabbed a quick sandwich in a 7eleven type place because we had less than 2 hours to explore and there was much to see. I saw the University of St. Andrews and walked in the courtyard. I also walked along a sidewalk by the sea. Most spectacularly I walked around St. Andrews cathedral. It had the remains of what must have once been a magnificent church. It was dedicated in 1318 but during the Reformation it was stripped of its altars and images and it was abandoned. Unfortunately it fell to ruins and people used the stones to construct other buildings. What a shame. From the remnants, it looks like it was quite massive and grand. The ruins make for pretty pictures but imagine what pictures the church might have looked like! To end the day we went aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia (Queen Elizabeth's former Yacht). The size didn't seem enormous to me but it wasn't a dingy either. The royal quarters were decorated nicely but not over the top. It seemed very livable (if I do say so myself). It's permanently docked so it looks like its had its last voyage.
Me in front of a whole on the St. Andrews golf course (the REAL course)
The ladies putting club where we played 18 holes
See all those bumps..I mean hills!
St. Andrews University
The ruins of the cathedral
Sail away.....oh no wait we can't it's docked.
The state dining room- it took 3 HOURS to set up the table just right!!
I need one of these bad boys to help me iron the purificators from church! I wouldn't scorch them with this thing!
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