British Isles Tour 2001
Day Thirteen: Monday, July 9, 2001
Sherry Sims e-mailed with news from Michael, and I spoke with Matt again, so here is an update:
Michael called his parents at 4:10 a.m. this morning (ugh! says Sherry), after being incommunicado for five days. The kids had just finished performing at Stirling Castle and were on a lunch break. Michael reported that the group had been really busy, but having a great time. Michael explained to Sherry that it was more important to sleep than to call his mom, which explained the days without phone calls! He also reported that nobody has gotten into any big trouble (always nice to know, says Sherry), that they have seen some really neat things, that Stirling was just like a regular city, but that they had driven past some old-type cities. The weather has been in the 80's.
I spoke with Matt at 12:15 pm. our time, 9:15 at night in Scotland. My normally verbose son must be entering that monosyllabic, adolescent phase I keep hearing about. When I asked him what Stirling Castle was like, he replied, "steep". When I asked about the Trossachs, "woodsy" was his answer. He was not aware that the place in which they sang in Stirling Castle was called the Chapel Royal, or that the coronation of Mary Queen of Scots took place there, but he did report that it had "fantastic acoustics"! (I'm sure the historic details of their surroundings were explained to the children). Matt also remarked about visiting the William Wallace monument, which apparently was a steep climb to get to. He thought the statue of William Wallace looked a lot like Mel Gibson. Matt spoke enthusiastically of the lunch he'd had that day ..... "Americano" pizza!! I asked him if he'd had any haggis. He had no clue to what I was referring!
From the sound of things, the kids are having a wonderful time!
To reiterate from earlier: If you sent your child an e-mail message within the past few days and haven't received an answer, don't worry. There are some 14 unopened messages from choir families in the ACC's mailbox. This simply means that Roy hasn't had the opportunity to access the mail
Here are some links to some of the things
the group did today:9:30 am: Sightseeing of Stirling Castle, considered to be the most strategically important castle in Scotland, close to where William Wallace and Robert the Bruce fought their famous battles.
11:00 am: Concert at the Stirling Castle's Chapel Royal (where Mary, Queen of Scots was crowned).
Afternoon: Tour of the Trossachs, a beautiful, wooded, mountainous area in the Scottish Heartland. The Trossachs, including Loch Katrine, was the setting of Sir Walter Scott's poem, "The Lady of the Lake".
More Links
Scotland Stirling Castle Museum of Argyll and Sutherland ...
Stirling Castle: Pictures of Scotland's castles.
Stirling Castle on AboutBritain.com
The Trossachs, Argyll, The Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling, ...
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish Literature and The Trossachs, ...
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