Yesterday (Friday), a few of my new friends and I went to the small city of Roslin, about 8 miles outside of Edinburgh, and saw the Rosslyn Chapel. You may have heard of this before because it has a ton of connections to the Free Masons, the Knights Templar, and even the Holy Grail. It’s probably most famous for it’s inclusion in The DaVinci Code (and was actually featured at the end of the DaVinci movie). We took the bus out to Roslin, and then spent a couple hours exploring the chapel and the nearby ruins of the Rosslyn Castle. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day:
Although this isn't the bus we rode, it is very similar. Nearly all of the buses - even the "normal" public transportation ones - in Edinburgh are double deckers.
This is the 564-year-old front entrance. The scaffolding is part of a restoration effort for the chapel.
Isn't this stained glass beautiful? It was even prettier inside (where we couldn't take pictures).
These were the castle ruins. You can just imagine how beautiful it once was!
And, finally, a scenery picture. The farmlands outside of Edinburgh appear to go on forever!
After talking to people who have been to Scotland before, as well as my fellow students, I cannot believe how much there is left to explore in Scotland alone… let alone in the rest of Europe! It will be very hard to choose which things I want to do.