[Travelling] Day trip to Stirling ~ Fia's

Hi ya, I have been back to Glasgow finally :)) Since I was busing moving back to my flat + unpacking + tidying, I was unable to update my blog!

What I find interesting is that all my new flatmates are guys. GUYS. Seriously?! I purposely asked for a mixed flat during my 1st year but then all my flatmates were girls and eventually after 3 years, my dream has come true XDD Hope we can get along well ;))

Back to the topic, to be honest, this trip wasn't in my plan. I did plan to go somewhere by myself before the class but then I realized I have to do a lot of planning when I am in Malaysia. So I dropped my plan and just go somewhere near instead.

So, during my birthday, I went to a day trip alone. This was really spontaneous, I only decided while having my breakfast! Anyway, this is one of my birthday wishes too --- travelling alone! The return ticket from Partick to Stirling is just £10, cheaper than what I saw on thetrainline.com.

After a 45 minutes train, I then arrived in the city centre of Stirling. It takes about 5 minutes walk from the station to city centre. Since I did not do any research before heading here, I just randomly walked along the street.

The flowers along the street. Simply pretty and lovely to see this during autumn.

Some street views on the way to Stirling castle. Not that I wanted to say, the road is damn steep than I expected and the castle is really on top of the mountain!

This has now become the SYHA (youth hostel). I think the location is really great since it is located between city centre and some tourist attractions. You will then see the jail and Argyll lodge if you continue to walk upward, city centre is just about 5 to 10 minutes walk.

This is the church of Holy Rude. Admission is free and this is just what I love about Scotland XDD Almost all the attractions are free to enter!

Cowane's hospital is just right opposite the church.

The hospital is not a hospital now anymore. There is cafe out there for people to rest and have drinks, inside of the hospital somehow looks like a church too.

The interior of the Church of Holy Rude. This church is the only surviving church in Scotland that has witnessed a coronation.

The staffs are extremely friendly. All the tourists will be given an introduction about the church according to where you are from. So everyone can understand about more on this church in your own languages.

I was not allowed to enter this because I didn't buy the ticket. Besides that, this is only opened from 2pm and it seems like they have limited visiting time. But if you have the ticket of entering castle, you are eligible to get in too.