On Friday, we took the boys out of school to spend time with MeMe and to go on a weekend trip out of the city. We went to Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, which was a delight. The museum itself had lots of interactive parts, including a video game involving stabbing a haggis, as well as information about Burns' life and work. Beyond the museum, there was a monument, bridge, garden, poet's path, cottage, church -- a nice variety of things to see! We all really enjoyed this trip to Scotland's most famous poet!
But the true highlight was meeting this friendly cat -- well, not really , but since we miss our cat, we love finding ones that want to be petted.
The Burns monument itself stands in a beautiful little garden with a stone bridge over the River Doon.
The path to the cottage where Burns was born was lined with strange, animal statues and scenes from his famous poem Tam O'Shanter, which is about a drunken man who sees the devil and witches dancing in the churchyard. Burns wrote the poem to accompany a print of the Alloway Kirk (church), which is also part of this Burns memorial complex.
not a wee or timorous beastie, but instead one taller than a teen
witches chasing Tam
Alloway Kirk, the spooky inspiration for the poem
After this visit, we headed on to Arran Island, which you can read about in the next post!
Robert Burns home looks incredible! and so glad MeMe is having nice weather.
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