St Andrews, Scotland is only an hour train ride from Edinburgh - so since we were in the neighborhood, why not visit the birthplace of golf. The Old Course is everything you've heard about...reverent like a shrine, beautiful, windy, the original links-type course, the originator of 18 holes and yet is still surprisingly chauvenistic. Believe it or not, the R&A still does not allow females as members. Almost wanted to boycott the place on principle. Ok - wanted to, but couldn't. The place really is cool - and where else do you find broken tees in the street or on the sidewalk??!!
And again there were educational opportunities everywhere! News to me was that the town is not just the home to the famous golf course or the home of St Andrews University (where William & Kate attended), but it's also steeped in Scottish history. At one time there was a cathedral that was similar to Westminster Abbey and home to body parts of St Andrew himself. (Love that only parts were here...not sure where they are now.)
Now I just wish I could've found some of the original golf balls made of leather filled with feathers:)
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