April 6th - Blackness and Linlithgow

The next day we left early and full of expectation returning to the airport to pick up our car at 11am. We arrived, but the car was not there. We had to wait almost 2 hours. I think we took it equanimously, but the German lady with her husband went mental and threatened the people behind and in front of the check-point. Absolutely pointless, because the other car hiring companies obviously had stolen the cars and rented them to their customers. Nothing these poor bastards could do about...


We finally took off and drove to Blackness Castle, beautifully located on a river.






We continued our tour north to Linlithgow town; unfortunately, the beautiful church was closed, but the palace was waiting to be explored. The weather was a little dizzy, still, the beauty of this Renaissance palace remained undisturbed.







We drove to Falkirk, tried to find the Antonian Wall, but wasn't very lucky. We found only a nice mansion. And, by the way, Falkirk was a horrible town that tested my navigational abilities and our patience. Our map was not the best, good for long distance, but not for towns or whatsoever, so we had to follow the street signs which were highly confusing. Falkirk was our labyrinth, we managed to escape.
And we were quite happy about or motel room. First motel night ever. Kind of creepy, these plastic rooms and bathrooms...