This was my favorite castle of the trip. The castle was incredibly interesting – lots of different collections, and the family themselves were fascinating. So definitely enjoyed the inside tour, but per usual, my favorite part was the gardens. They’re actually fairly modern because they were turned over to agriculture over the two world wars, […]
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Our next drive was north of Inverness, up to Dunrobin Castle in Golspie. This is another castle still owned by the original family, and it’s on an amazing patch of land right on the ocean. (The day we were there, there were fighter jet drills happening at the nearby base, so we had that sound
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For our first full day out of Inverness, we stopped by several fairly close sites. I really loved being in our own car – we got to explore a little more than the people in the tour buses. Culloden is the site of the last battlefield on British soil – the last battle for Bonnie
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On our way up to Inverness, we stopped at Stirling Castle. Got there at opening, at which point it was pouring rain. This visit really was the perfect example of Scottish weather – by the time we left, it was gorgeously sunny. That’s probably best illustrated by the two pictures below, which are views of
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We are back from two weeks in Scotland, so plenty of pictures are forthcoming. We arrived on Tuesday the 27th, but we were visiting a friend in Edinburgh, so the actual touristing didn’t start until Wednesday. Naturally, we hit the Royal Mile first. Since I can’t resist a good cathedral, here are some highlights of
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We had our second Christmas light show at Kew Gardens. Weirdly, we were a little nervous going into it, because Blenheim was so good. I don’t know why we were worried – it’s Kew. It’s not like they were going to be a disappointment. One thing I did appreciate at Kew was that they clearly highlighted
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We had credit with Cirque du Soleil to use up, so we ended up in another French speaking country just two weeks after coming back from France. It’s lovely being able to drive to another country – we went up through the Newport entrance at the top of I91 in Vermont. That part of their
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