Tag: Scotland
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Scotland | Kingdom of Fife – The Bus Tour | Part Two
Part One of the Kingdom of Fife Bus Tour story left off as I was running back to the tour bus in the harbor of Anstruther, Scotland, after photographing the irresistible “shell house.” Not only did I make it back to the bus, but I had time to take one more funny photograph (who doesn’t…
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Weird but Wonderful | Entrance Fee
The public toilets in the harbor of the quaint fishing village of Anstruther, Scotland.
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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…
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People of the World
This is Bob Beveridge, in his secondhand violin / collectible shop in Falkland, Scotland. He is playing the prized guitar that was given to him by Roseanne Cash, when she and her famous father traced their roots back to this small village in the Kingdom of Fife. At the risk of missing my bus back…
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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…
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Weird but Wonderful | Keeping Calm in Scotland
Keep calm and get on with it.
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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…
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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…
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Weird but Wonderful | Too cool for rules
The private park at Royal Circus in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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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…
