Forth Bridge, a railroad bridge crossing the Firth of Forth.
It was voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016.
(Scottish Gaelic word firth=estuary, Forth is the name of a river).
Our big white Princess ship can be seen in the photo.

In the up-scale town of St. Andrews.
This is also where the University of St. Andrews is located.
Our guide pointed out a coffee shop where Prince William and Kate Middleton dated
while they were both students at the university.
This gray van was our van for the half-day tour.

The official name of the whole golf place is called "St. Andrews Links".
It is a sprawling green with several 18-hole courses.
The most famous one often seen on TV for British Open is the "Old Course".

St. Andrews Links Clubhouse, the public clubhouse where our guide dropped us off.
(There is a different private clubhouse for members only elsewhere.)

Looking at the golf courses' map with our driver/guide Lorraine.
St. Andrews Links is located on a triangular headland enveloped by oceans on 3 sides.
It is windy all the time, no wonder people often wore sweaters to play golf here.

Inside the Clubhouse there were a restaurant,
a washroom supplied with large and thick monogrammed paper towels for drying hands,
an information desk staffed with two lovely ladies, and this golf shop.

And this is the private clubhouse for members only.
Its official name is "The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews".
We read that the slow-motion run on the beach which opens the movie "Chariots of Fire" was filmed
at the beach behind this clubhouse.

The Swilcan Bridge of the Old Course (between the 1st and 18th fairways).
Often seen on TV, this small stone bridge is an icon of the St. Andrews Links.
As you can tell, the golf course did not have any tree.

We walked to the Swilcan bridge to take pictures.

Vincent was very excited to be here.

A practice tee.

From here on, all the pictures below were shot in downtown Edinburgh.
We asked Lorraine to drop us off at this St. Giles' Cathedral in the middle of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
(Sandeman's free walking tour also started from this spot,
but we did not have time for a 3-hr walking tour.)

Looking west down the Royal Mile.

Looking east down the Royal Mile.

Sir Walter Scott Monument
We read somewhere which said this is one of the very few monuments honoring a writer.

We walked north of the Waverly Railway station to St. Andrews Square looking for X99 bus stop.

Our one-way bus ticket receipt.
It was the Lothian bus company that ran X99 Cruiselink bus
when there was a cruise ship in town.

The double-deck bus was non-stop, direct from S. Queenferry's Hawes pier to
St. Andrews Square in downtown Edinburgh (or in reverse direction).