After all the driving of the past day we decide to have a relaxing day and revisit some local sites we saw 6 years ago. Only 10 minutes away are the remains of the once grand cathedral of Elgin.
Nowadays only some walls, the towers and the chapter house remain. You can still climb the towers for a nice view of the ruins and the surrounding town. There are a lot of informative displays about the various sorts of sculptures used to decorate the building. At the side of the church is the octagonal chapter house, which is still intact. It’s symytery is beautiful.
Just 5 minutes away lie the ruins of the epistical palace. Here the rich bishops of Elgin cathedral lived and entertained royal guests. Especially the main tower was grand in design and height with many different levels. We climb and explore all the ruins before we head back to our holiday homebfor lunch.
After lunch it’s swimming time, first Olga hits the beach and takes a refreshing dive into the cold waters of the North Sea.
Then everybody can heat up in the warm indoor swimming pool. We end the session again at the beach untill a huge pack of clouds block the sun and the temperature drops 5 degrees. The walk from the beach to our caravan is luckily only five minutes, but every minute is long with wet and cold childs. We heat up under the shower together and call it a day.
So next week you can shake hands with the King of the US and the queen of Europe?