Museums
I'm quite aware that there are awesome museums everywhere, especially in the big cities, but the Scotland National Museum is noteworthy. There are floors upon floors of fun educational things for kids to see and do. The kids of course loved the thing you stick your change in at the front door, which is not even part of the museum....typical. My fave was the section for the younger kids which had a lot of hands on activities and was contained. A win for anyone with more than one child.
Local Treasures
One of Dunfermline's greatest treasures is The Glen. It has a indoor botanical garden, a maze of outside gardens, fields, play parks and a kid friendly coffee shop. If you want to go for a walk, fly a kite or burn that kid energy, this is the place. The Gala, a parade/celebration for all the schools in June, ends up here and is the bees knees! Cheering on kids in egg and spoon races is what I live for. I'm so wild.
Trains
Riding a train is such an adventure, especially when you are a kid. If you have a lot of children, like I do, the train staff feel so sorry for you, they let the kids ride free! Hoorah! At least their somewhat contained and there's a bathroom. For a different perspective, you can go to the lovely town of Queensferry where you can see the bridge from below and view a monument that lists all the people that died while building it. A real treat for my slightly morbid oldest child. You can also walk the Forth Road Bridge that runs parallel, but it's a mile and a half in one direction. No thanks. I'm good.
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