What do you call these kilts?

[IndianaGentry]

I'm only helping to run this off-topic, but... As pathetic a history lesson that Braveheart (the movie) is, it is incredible how much the Scots love that film. I asked about it several times while I was there, and everyone agreed that it is a great movie in their eyes. The main reason is apparently because they enjoy watching anything that shows the Scots kicking the collective arses of the English.

If you make it to Stirling and visit the National Wallace Monument, be sure to check out the statue near the parking lot- Wallace's face looks just like Mel Gibson's. No kidding. I was told that the statue has been vandalised many times because of this. Many of the souvenirs in the gift shop (at the bottom of the hill, not inside the monumnet) also resemble Mel. Funny stuff...

Also, there are 2 statues at the entrance to Edinburgh Castle- Robert the Bruce, and William Wallace. Neither man ever stepped foot inside the castle.

I nearly brought back a bolt of tartan, but spent my money elsewhere. There is a "Braveheart" tartan available around Edinburgh that is quite attractive- mostly various shades of brown and "earthtone colors" that look quite nice. I was told that it actually started with the Rob Roy tartan as the "base," and was altered from there. I still might order a length of it one day.