St. Andrews for John's Birthday

We decided that we have to do something every Saturday, even if we don't have a "Big" trip. This past weekend was John's birthday, so I let him pick where we would go....St. Andrews, the home of Golf. It is 2 hours away. I laugh with John because if we were in Arizona we would never just drive 2 hours for the day unless it was a football game. 

St. Andrews is even more beautiful and charming in person than you see in the pictures. We spent 4 hours there and I felt like we didn't see that much. 

The main attraction if you are a golf fan is the Old Course. It is amazing that it is right in the town and you can walk right on the fairways. The ocean is next to it, with tons of people walking around. 

That is the members only clubhouse, but if you look behind it and see the red bigger building... that was built because at the time the members would not allow Jews so a wealthy Jewish man built it for himself. It is now luxury apartments going for $2-$12 million each!

                                                                        The Famous Bridge

 Glasweigns are not known for their hamburgers. There is not enough fat in their meat. On Friday night I was telling John that I just really want a good cheeseburger. We went to this restaurant in the red building and let me tell you the cheeseburger was so good!! 

The good thing about eating early with kids is you have a whole section to yourself!

Our server Ruth was amazing! She actually is a student guide at St. Andrews University and she was a wealth of knowledge. 

St. Andrews is not a big town. You can park and walk everywhere. The University is situated throughout the city. There are only 6,000 students. We of course had to go see where Prince William had his first day! Bless John's heart. Prince William and Princess Kate studied History of Art. Apparently that become the MRS degree. Ruth told us that St. Andrews is just recovering from the admissions from the Prince William years because they had an influx of girls. 

There is the old Castle. The ruins are cool to see but there was fruit flies all around so I did not really enjoy being there. Ava on the other hand thought it was so cool and ran all around. 

You can see the Cathedral from the Castle

Ava wanted to bring her scooter, she did not complain at all and loved riding around the streets with it 

The other main attraction is the Cathedral. The crazy thing about this one is the graves. We saw a tombstone for a man that just died in 2010!

Every street we would turn on we would say, "how awesome is that?!" 

The main shopping street. FYI, I wouldn't go to St. Andrews to get a new wardrobe, but very cool vibe. 

We had to stop on our walk back to the car at Jannetta's Gelateria. It has been there for over 100 years. The line or queue was long but Ruth told us during the summer it can be over a block long! I got Chocolate Malt and I loved it! They make the ice creams right there. It was voted in some article as the best ice cream parlor in Britain. That includes London! 

We will definitely be going back....John for the golf (bucket list) and me - more exploring, gelato and finding where Prince William and Kate used to hang out.  Haha!