Day ten--St. Andrews, Kingsbarns
Woke up early.
Walked Gabriel to his day care facility (about a mile and a half from the appartment) with Shane and Si and got our first look at the Fife Coastal path that we'd be hiking...
hello gorgeous.......
The hike started above the beach and would take us right next to one of St. Andrews many golf courses (course on the right pictured below)...
It was a beautiful day for a hike...the ocean looked amazing....everything was blooming....it was a hikers dream!
The wide-open-space was incredibly comforting.....the land seemed so....fresh...
The trail took us down to the beach................
Then back up the hills through tunnels of white-branched trees....
Then over stone fences.............
We saw caves and crazy rock formations....
and then suddenly we were on someones farm!
It was beautiful!
Suddenly we were back next to the beach! This trail is amazing!
Just as we got closer to shore...a wave of crows that had been resting on the rocks took off...
The last part of the trail was actually on the beach...which was a bit difficult....but it did give us some amazing views.....
After a few hours we reached our destination...Kingsbarns.
We had lunch at a wonderful restaurant "The Barns" where we mustered up the courage to order the Haggis, tatties and neeps. (tatties and neeps = potatoes and turnips)I had to try haggis.
How can you go to Scotland and NOT try haggis?
So we ordered, it came...and it didn't look how I'd expected it to...
it actually looked pretty! LOL!!! Oh god. There it is.
Wow. It doesn't look gross.
It smells wierd.
What have I done?
It smells wierd!
Everyone's watching me!
Pick up fork....pick it up....
Ok, stop thinking of the sheep, stop it.
It's sheeps innards!
Woman, pick up the damn fork.
Sheep!
Ok, stop!
Jody has the camera on you....stop being a wuss.
Fork in hand...good...
Will I need a knife to cut into it?
Oh wow, my fork went right through it....
It smells wierd!
Lift fork....lift fork...lift fork...
I don't want to do this!
Shut up and take a bite!
Ok....it's in my mouth...
salty
wierd
gross
not gross
soft
mushy
sheep
oh god I'm going to hurl...
everyone's watching you, say something
swallow first!
ok now say something....
"It's not as bad as I thought it'd be...."
thank god that's over.
After lunch we caught a taxi back to St. Andrews, picked Gabriel up from daycare and treated ourselves to some double-cone icecream.....YUM!
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