I cannot believe my time here in Scotland is coming to an end. My days here were all I dreamed they would be. I will remember this trip always, and write about what I’ve seen for years to come in the pages of my books.
My last day in Edinburgh was spent being a true [...]
Today it was raining a lot. I even broke down and bought an umbrella. After that, the rain stopped, of course. But it didn’t matter. I’d already decided to spend the day touring inside at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
 The Palace at Holyroodhouse stands at the end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and is the official residence of [...]
Edinburgh is a very big city, and very crowded at present. Usually there are half a million people that live in the area. Currently there are over a million people in town. Why? Someone thought it was a great idea to have every festival the city hosts during the month of August. The streets are [...]
The tickets are almost impossible to get. They play to a sold out crowd every performance. Who or what am I referring to? No, it is not the latest pop singing group. It’s the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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As you arrive, the streets are a throng of people all heading up the Royal Mile to Castle Hill [...]
I headed back to a much more populated part of Scotland today. Started the day off with a trip through Dundee– a city known historically for its jam, jute and journalism. Today, the only industry that survives is journalism. Dundee is the home of the Sunday Post.
Dundee also had a past as a whaling center, [...]
Balmoral Castle was off limits today. The Queen is in residence. So I got diverted to the very scenic Cairngorms National Park, then poked around the quaint little town of Ballater where the Royals are said to shop when in the area. After that, it was off to Crathie Church where the Royals attend services [...]
Every country and culture has its own unique history. Shetland is no different, only their history goes back further than most, into pre-history. Today I had a wonderful walk through the past at Jarlshof on the southern tip of Shetland. The first people to arrive here probably came over 5,000 years ago when the climate [...]
This morning the ship pulled into port in the town of Lerwick where I met a man who will be my guide to Shetland for the next two days. We explored the northern side of the island today, starting with Scalloway Castle at Scalloway Harbor. I learned that Shetland, as the locals like it to [...]
The day started with a morning visit to the Queen Mother’s castle, the castle of Mey. Both the castle and the gardens were lovely. The interior of the castle was more austere than I had expected from a royal residence. But this is the Queen Mother’s own castle, not Britain’s.Â
It was a little strange [...]
I left the northwest coast of Scotland today to head for the northeastern side. The drive was long but scenic. Lots of mountains, or Bens as they call them here–peaks over 3,000 feet. Each area of Scotland I have been through has been so different, even though there are moors and mountains in each; they [...]
