Today is Tartan Day in North America! So we wanted to share our Top 5 Highlander Romances for Tartan Day. These romances are full of strong women. There’s an old Gaelic proverb these women embody: Is treun tè an eòlais. In English, that means: The woman that knows is powerful.…
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Visiting Scotland’s outposts Recently a friend and I planned a trip with a Scottish driver that would allow us to get away from the popular tourist destinations—Edinburgh, Urquhart, Stirling Castles—and see remote parts of Scotland. After arriving at the Edinburgh airport (where Customs/Immigration is the easiest I’ve ever…
Travel Tuesday: Scandinavia In the spring of 2018 I took a land tour of Scandinavia…Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Most of the time, travelers choose cruise ships for these destinations since all the major cities can be accessed by ship as well as the spectacular fjords, but I always…
Old London Although present day London has nearly 9,000,000 people, the original Londinium and Westminster areas are small enough to walk around and take a stroll through history…from Temple Church (built in 1185 by the Templars) near St. Paul’s Cathedral to the changing of the guard at Buckingham,…