2008 - United Kingdom - Day 9 - Alnwick Castle and Rosslyn Chapel

We left our hotel at 9 am and drove to Alnwick Castle. This is the 2nd largest inhabited castle in England. It’s also “Hogwarts”. It was very cool. I enjoyed most walking the grounds and climbing the towers and walking along the castle walls. The state rooms were very fancy. We then drove into Scotland, a 2.5 hour drive and to Rosslyn’s Chapel where part of Da Vinci code was filmed. It was a knight’s templar church. We were there for about 45 mins. It was very small, with small grounds, but a lot of intricate carving inside and out. There is a huge umbrella covering the building to try to preserve the top form the weather. They are trying to raise money to restore it. Then it was another hour drive to Glasgow and to our hotel. We arrived a little after 5 pm, so mom and I walked down the street to a KFC for dinner. We brought it back to our hotel and ate in our rooms since it was hot in the restaurant.