Sterling Castle!

So today we took the train from Edinburgh to Stirling castle.  This was the site that Braveheart was filmed an it was beautiful. Unfortunately much of the castle is being renovated right now, but what we could see, as well as the views from all sides of the castle were absolutely amazing!  The trek to get up to the castle was quite long and VERY angular, but once there was it worth the walk!  There were so many amazing pictures that I could have added to this blog so I just uploaded one of the many buildings of the castle, one direction's stunning view and then a picture of all of us interns at the castle!

One of the most amazing things that unfortunately we couln't take any pictures of were the tapestry weavers.  In 2002 there was a fire which caused quite a bit of damage to the Great Hall.  In here were humungous tapestries that were either damaged, or the remains are currently in a museum in New York.  Since the fire, three world renound weavers have been hired who work seven days a week from 9-4 to recreate these tapestries!  They have been to New York numersous times to clor match, and then they just sit and weave- it is quite an amazing thing to watch.  They are currently working on a tapestry that I would say is probably about a 12-14 foot square VERY detailed tapestry and they are working across it and have probably two feet to go.  We asked the security guard standing by to make sure that people dont take pictures or talk to the weavers how long that would take them and he said that they project that one will not be done until next July!  They have projected they will be done by the end of 2013 to be put in the newly renovated Great Hall!!!! So amazing!  The picture I posted is two of the seven tapestries they have already completed!  It is amazing!