We took an exciting and beautiful Land Rover Safari Tour to see the grounds of Blair Castle up closely and personally! Our wonderful ghillie picked us up at our hotel and ventured back to the castle and the grounds. Following are some of the pictures taken from the Land Rover, as well as a few…
About an hour or so via train from Edinburgh, we arrived in the small village of Blair Atholl. Just on the other side of the train tracks, we came upon our lodgings, the Atholl Arms Hotel. Many of the buildings in the village were built in a similar fashion as our hotel. In the background…
As “Artie” loyalists, unlike some others we know, the first order of business was to check out the Duke’s statue in Edinburgh. No, this is not the famous one we shall see in a future post, but it is a wonderful Wellington equestrian statue nonetheless. Unfortunately, the Duke and Copenhagen are a bit splattered with…
I left DFW on August 25th. “The Scottish Writers Retreat” presented by No. 1 London Tours did not begin until September 3rd. Kristine, Diane, and I met up in London and then traveled to Edinburgh and farther north before rendevousing with the other tour members in Glasgow. This trip across the pond began with a…
You are probably more familiar with this artist than you think. This was my second time to see his most famous work. The first time was at the Art Institute in Chicago. The Whitney Museum of American Art was presenting an exhibition of Grant Wood‘s work. I was very impressed. The landscapes are what I…
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