Tag: Edinburgh

  • TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    I’m a woman and I travel the world. Alone. (With some occasional exceptions.) Alone, I’ve stayed in a stone cottage on top of a mountain in Tuscany, an 11th-century fort on an island off the coast of Brittany, an estancia in Argentina, and a riad in Tangier. Alone, I’ve shopped in chaotic flea markets in…

  • Scotland | Kingdom of Fife – The Bus Tour | Part One

    Scotland | Kingdom of Fife – The Bus Tour | Part One

    Let’s face it, I’m really not a group tour kind of person. However, there’s no better way to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time than on a bus tour – which is why I joined a day trip in Edinburgh to “St. Andrews and the Fishing Villages of Fife.” The…

  • Edinburgh | A Castle in the Clouds

    Edinburgh | A Castle in the Clouds

    A castle under siege?  No, it’s just a mob of soaking wet tourists, on their way into Edinburgh Castle.  On this blustery, rainy day, I joined them. The 12th century castle overlooks the city of Edinburgh from it’s perch atop a dramatic volcanic rock that was formed around 70 million years ago. It turned out…

  • Weird but Wonderful | Keeping Calm in Scotland

    Weird but Wonderful | Keeping Calm in Scotland

    Keep calm and get on with it.

  • Style Moment | Edinburgh

    Style Moment | Edinburgh

    “Into no other city does the sight of the country enter so far; if you do not meet a butterfly, you shall certainly catch a glimpse of far-away trees upon your walk; and the place is full of theatre tricks in the way of scenery. You peep under an arch, you descend stairs that look…

  • Eye on Design | Edinburgh | Mad for Plaid at ANTA

    Eye on Design | Edinburgh | Mad for Plaid at ANTA

    It’s Scotland, land of plaid, a.k.a. tartan. tar-tan \ˈtär-tən\ :a traditional Scottish cloth pattern of stripes in different colors and widths that cross each other to form squares. Tartans are more than just a patterned fabric in Scotland – each combination of colors represents a clan / family / region. (According to the Scottish Tartans…

  • Weird but Wonderful | Too cool for rules

    Weird but Wonderful | Too cool for rules

    The private park at Royal Circus in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • Edinburgh | One Royal Circus

    Edinburgh | One Royal Circus

    Technically, One Royal Circus falls into the category of “bed and breakfast,” but it’s not like any bed and breakfast I’ve ever stayed in…it’s more like being a guest in the fabulous house of very hip friends. In 1823, renowned Scottish architect, William Henry Playfair, designed the Royal Circus, an elegant circle of Georgian houses…