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Scotland: Durness Beach
At the end of the beautiful drive from Ullapool to Durness is the GORGEOUS white sandy Durness Beach! Well worth the approximately 70 mile drive. We ate lunch at the Oasis Restaurant which was more...
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Scotland’s National Flower
The Thistle is the National Flower of Scotland.The bee was working hard on pollinating!
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Scotland: Culloden Battlefield (Cùil Lodair)
As the one who organizes our family holidays, I decide where we stay, activities we do and locations we visit. A must on the list was the Culloden Battlefield which is managed by the National Trust for...
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Scotland: Glasgow 2014
We were back in Glasgow for a night. The last time we visited (April 2013), we also only had one night but we squeezed as much as we could into our limited time. See here. Commonwealth Games 2014 mural...
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UK: York Minster
With only 18 hours in York, we checked into the quaint Mount Royale Hotel and then went directly to the Minster. We made it in time to climb to the top and, lucky timing for us, we were just in time...
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UK: York
I’ve decided to impose a new rule when I plan a trip ~ if at all possible, two days minimum at one locale. I left both Glasgow and York feeling rushed. But even though we were limited on time, I still...
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London: Oh, so good to be back!
It was such a comforting feeling of familiarity as we drove closer and closer to London. We returned the rental car at Heathrow and caught the tube to Baker Street where we rented a two-bedroom flat...
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London: Footprints of London
Walking around London with no particular destination is always a treat for me. The sights, the sounds, the people. I loved days when I had no fixed plans and could wander about. It wasn’t the case on...
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Scotland: Independence Day?
I love Scotland ~ from Edinburgh to Inverness and all the way to the North Coast. The countryside, the people, the can’t quite put in to words feeling I get when I’m there. On our 2013 drive through...
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A Scottish Christmas Walk in Alexandria, Virginia
The beautiful town of Alexandria (Old Town) was officially established by three Scottish merchants and the town is named after one of them, John Alexander. The city celebrated its Scottish heritage...
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