You know her as Nessie and her myth has spread all over the world; the legend of the Loch Ness Monster has caught the imaginations of dreamers and scientists, children and adults, and everyone in between. I confess that I made a multi-day stop to the long and legendary lake situated in the heart of […]
The scent of Scotland changes as the damp rains roll in; throughout the small city of Portree the earthy smell of grass and the fresh scent of wet flowers begin to dominate the air and override the ostensibly more powerful scent of deep-frying fish and chips; instead the collage of smells mingle together in the […]
The sun weakly peeped it’s head from behind the smoky gray clouds and gave me no other choice but to surmise that today, like everyday for the past four days, was going to be another damp, cold, Scottish day. The Isle of Skye is supposedly one of the most gorgeous regions of Scotland (every region […]
Kids are out of school, businesses across Europe are closed, and flights are packed elbow-to-elbow. Ah, it must be August. I arrived in the United Kingdom in the late summer, and this is a rough time of year to plan a trip to England, Scotland, and Wales. Although it’s a beautiful time to visit, it’s […]
The weather in England and Scotland was incredible for the week I traveled in the region…seriously sunny. Now, it was also cold, and that made for an un-happy Shannon, but very little rain to be seen. It was lulling me into complacency. Taking public transportation in rainy countries sucks. Now, I am not going to […]
I really love great movie moments. Even the endlessly quotable cheesy ones have a special place in my everyday lingo and I use them indiscriminately and often. So as I arrived in Stirling, Scotland for the weekend it was all I could do to tone back the Mel Gibson impressions from Braveheart…after all, I do […]
