St. Andrews and the Kingdom of Fife

We took a tour today to St. Andrews, which is northeast of Edinburgh across the Firth of Forth. We decided to tour rather than drive because we thought it would be less stressful and we would actually get to see more. The tour took us across the Firth of Forth (the bay on which Edinburgh sits) and along the coast of the Kingdom of Fife. We stopped at a couple of fishing villages and ended up in St. Andrews for lunch. You've probably all heard of St. Andrews--it's where Prince William went to college and where he met Kate Middleton. There's also a golf course there.

Here are some pictures from the day.

The railroad bridge over the Firth of Forth. It's over 100 years old and expected to last another 100 (unlike the nearby highway bridge which is about 40 years old and has only about 10 more years of life).



The first and eighteenth fairways at the Old Course. It turns out that there is a public right of way that crosses the fairways. Our driver, who admitted he doesn't like golf, took great pleasure in driving the minibus across the fairways.



The eighteenth green.




The eighteenth green with some guy in the way



St. Andrews University.




A close up of gorse.




The royal castle at Falkland.




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