Eight days until we leave for our month in Scotland. We’ll fly into Edinburgh; pick up our car; drive right past the front door of Susan Boyle’s house in West Lothian on our way to Oban on the western coast. … Continue reading →
Trying to decide what to take as small ‘token’ gifts. My usual are photo books of the Missouri Ozarks and St. Louis and a few local cookbooks. I’ll take those, anyway. But, a great new idea struck last week. I … Continue reading →
It is really not like me to leave so much to do until the last minute. We’re 10 days away from our departure for Scotland. I need to: 1- Reconnect with the four people we are renting our various cottages … Continue reading →
Today, I decided to do some research on Scottish Wines, Vinyards, & Tasting Rooms. I typed into my Google search “scotland wine”. Here is the first listing in Google’s return: Scotland Wine – Ratings and ReviewsSnooth has the largest online … Continue reading →
I’m not in the habit of glowing reviews. Just look at my SlowTrav contributions and you see…there just aren’t any. I have the best intentions, but I don’t seem to get around to it. However, I feel compelled to tell … Continue reading →
Week four was easy. We fell in love at first sight. Week one was not difficult because we had a very good idea where we wanted to be. Week three should have been easy, but we made the mistake of … Continue reading →
We’ve finally decided. We aren’t waffling any longer. Our minds are made up, and it is all because of a chance discovery of the most interesting new travel services web site. One of our top five considerations was always the … Continue reading →