Stirling Castle. When I traveled to Scotland with my mom and aunt at the beginning of June, one of the day trips on our list was traveling to Stirling Castle. I've written a little about that day trip in this post. Stirling Castle is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland, which preserves historic properties across [...]
Telephone Boxes (or Booths, as I call them). I am a lover of things reminiscent of the past. Especially when it comes to telephones. When I was young, I dreamed of owning a Victorian style phone. Later in life, I perused thrift stores because I want to find an old rotary dial phone for Miss [...]
Scotland. It's Halloween, so of course, my travel tale had to come from a graveyard! Originally the question was... which one? I visited quite a few graveyards while in Scotland. I've already shared about visiting the Necropolis in Glasgow. As luck would have it, while I was hunting some information on Flodden Wall for last [...]
The Elephant House. If you are a Harry Potter fan, then it's likely that you've heard about The Elephant House. Touted as "The Birthplace of Harry Potter", it is said that J.K. Rowling penned some of her works here. Edinburgh. Here's my disclaimer. Prior to planning a trip to Scotland, I'd never watched all [...]
Abbeys. When I traveled to Scotland, one of the things that I was hoping to see was the ruins of an Abbey. I was a little disappointed that our timeline was not going to leave room to head south of Edinburgh to see the "Four Border Abbeys" [Kelso Abbey, Melrose Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey, and Jedburgh [...]
The Necropolis. Sandwiched between my exterior tour of Glasgow Cathedral and walking along viewing the Murals of Glasgow, I took a brief walk through the Necropolis of Glasgow. Hauntings. I don't typically visit cemeteries because my mother always used to say she wasn't sure if a ghost might follow us home. She was only half [...]
The University of Glasgow. During my trip to Scotland, I knew that our time in Glasgow would be limited. In what little research I did, I knew that if it were at all possible, I wanted to see the University of Glasgow. Kelvingrove. After my mother and I visited the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and [...]
Travel. Language Barriers. When you travel there is bound to be some type of hilarious encounter. Quite often due to a breakdown in communication between languages. But what if that breakdown is in your native language? Well, that can make it unexpected and garner even more giggles! It's Monday, so I thought that if [...]
Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow Cathedral is also called the High Kirk of Glasgow, St. Kentigern's or St. Mungo's Cathedral. The name St. Mungo may sound familiar if you read my post on the Murals of Glasgow where I shared my favorite mural of a modern day St. Mungo. History. Around 550 A.D., St. Mungo, founded a [...]
Glasgow. I've already shared that I absolutely loved Glasgow. But in case you missed it... I loved Glasgow. My time there was much too brief. If you are new to my blog, during my week in Scotland, two days were to be spent in Glasgow. However, they were mainly to be a home base for [...]
