Scotland!

We left England this morning and stopped at the Roman Army Museum to have a look around.  Noah took a lot of photos there which I’m sure will make it on to facebook in due time.  We then drove a short bit to see remnants of “Hadrian’s Wall” --- the wall that the Romans built on the approximate border between England and Scotland to keep the Celts out of the Roman Empire.  It was built in the first century AD --- and parts are still standing!  (The parts that are missing are missing because people took the stones to build other things over the years - like castles and other walls - rather than looking for their own rocks.)

We left when these friends decided to join us at the wall!

We finally crossed the border into Scotland and were met by a piper!   

Piper on the border between England and Scotland

Quick stop at hotel to change clothes and head out for an authentic Scottish dinner and show, complete with haggis, dancers, bagpipes, kilts and songs.  It was a great evening and I’m not doing it justice in today’s post but we are tired and ready for bed.

Piper outside our dinner theatre in Edinburgh tonight

Will post a farewell to Great Britain tomorrow after a day of sightseeing in Edinburgh, but will leave you with this quote we overheard as we were leaving the show--- A woman asked a Scottish man wearing a kilt why it was that he wore a kilt.  In a wonderful Scottish accent he answered, "Because balls this large cannot be contained.”  It made us laugh out loud and chuckle most of the way home.