Back home we have grown up with our iconic landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. A symbol of pride in the Bay Area, and I would say the state of California (it is at the opening of Disney's California Adventure after all), we still enjoy driving, or even walking, across the bridge on our way in or out of San Francisco. Coincidently, we have moved approximately 5,000 miles away and found ourselves living near another famous bridge- even painted a similar color.
The Forth Bridge was constructed in 1890, and connects Edinburgh to our very own Kingdom of Fife. Though I appreciate them immensely, I don't know a whole lot about different styles of bridges. It turns out the Forth Bridge is considered an "engineering marvel" and rightfully a source of local and national pride. There is even an image of the Forth Bridge on one-pound coins which were minted in 2004. All I know is that it looks pretty cool and we enjoy riding across it.
We can see the Forth Bridge from our house, and have crossed it a number of times by train, but had never really got up close until this weekend. We went for a drive across the road bridge (the Forth Bridge is only for trains), and took a closer look from the town of South Queensferry. Not surprisingly, the kids could only stare at the bridge for so long, so we also did some window shopping, shell-hunting and rock skipping by the water. I know it sounds strange, but we've grown quite fond of our local bridge and we were happy to get a closer peek.
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| hunting for shells after some rock-climbing (sound familiar?) |
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