Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Glamourous Glamis


The first step in my Royal Tour has been completed (not counting that September day when I lay in the grass in front of Buckingham Palace too lazy to knock on the door). Last saturday I embarked on a pilgrimage to the fabulous Glamis castle, which is about 12 miles from chav-ville de Dundee. Glamis is a Scottish castle that hasn't collapsed yet, so it gets automatic 10 rock-points for hanging in there. Glamis is also, as all true royalists know, the birth place of the queen momma herself and of the queen sister Margaret. I must admit that my wee royalist heart bounced when I saw the two wee chairs that Liz II and her sis Meg used to sit on when they were kids...sigh.
Glamis is also known for its ghosts and as people may well be aware of, I am an even bigger ghost enthusiast than a royalist. I was thus always on the lookout for the Earl of Bleh... or some weird looking dude wearing a wig and flashy clothes (no, Elton John doesn't count fool!). A real medieval ghost sighting would have been uber kool but this time around I had no such luck. I did on the other hand get a cold chill down my spine on several occasions during my visit--it was no draft disbelievers--it was no doubt the Earl of Bleh... trying to let me know that he sure was happy that I am doing the Royal Tour. I also visited the pet cemetary at Glamis, where Happy the guinea pig rests in peace under a big rock. My final destination on the Glamis tour was the souvenir shop which, unlike other things on this tour, was very disappointing. I was determined to buy a queen momma-royal-memorabilia-mug to go with my silver-jubileum-1977-mug, but alas--they didn't have any! There wasn't even a Gin and Tonic glass with a queen momma picture anywhere in sight--and that was her favourite drink! I felt terribly betrayed, so shocked in deed that I didn't even invest in a Hairy Haggis comic book. Nevertheless, Glamis gets a bunch of rock points for being Glamis and Joe the tour guide was the sweetest Scotsman ever!
Peace and pudding

# posted by Björkin : 5:19 PM
Comments:
yay!!! im glad you had a good time! I wish I could have gone with you. I promise to update my blog soon but you must leave encouraging comments.
# posted by Blogger Marion G. : 12:23 AM
 
Hasselhoff rokkar - ætli hann hafi leikstýrt myndbandinu líka? Fögur rödd, danstaktar, tæknibrellur hægri vinstri...snilld frá upphafi til enda. David (eins og ég kýs að kalla hann) er 100% performer
http://www.glumbert.com/media/hasselhoff.html

lofjú kungfú ammalú,
Hildur
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 12:24 AM
 
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