Glenisla, Dunottar Castle and Aberdeen

From Perth we drove to Aberdeen but we took some country roads so we could see Glenisla, where Marijke has some ancestors.  We found some headstones at the church that look like they might be her relatives.  Unfortunately the headstone that looked most promising was fenced off, we could see the name “William Robertson” but the headstone was so worn out we couldn’t read the birth and death dates and couldn’t make a rubbing.  If we could have gone a little closer we probably would have been able to make them out.  We went to ask some people in a pub if they knew anything about the names we were looking for and a guy there (top row) said he was pretty sure the original deed papers for his home (house on middle row) have the name we were looking for.  He said he would check later and email us what he finds out.

After Glenisla, we went to Dunottar Castle.  It was in a really unique and beautiful location on a piece of land that was almost and island.  It was on high cliffs overlooking the sea.  You had to hike down a steep path then back up to reach the castle gate.  One thing that was particularly unique was that it had a Lion's den where they kept one lion to watch and guard the castle.

In Aberdeen Richard doesn’t know as many people so we had to stay at a hotel.  The hotel happened to be next to the LDS chapel in Aberdeen, but we didn’t realize it until we drove up (Richard served in the other ward/other building).  The fridge in our room was unplugged and things were situated in a way that we couldn’t plug it back in.  We called reception and they couldn’t fix it so they upgraded us to a suite twice the size and with a kitchenette (unfortunately it wasn’t of any use to us).  Aberdeen is nicknamed the “Granite City” and has a really unique look.  All the houses and city buildings were made of grey granite.  Richard said it sparkles and looks nice in the sun, but unfortunately it was rainy while we were there.