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 [...]
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Going Back to My Roots…Airdrie Scotland
The Elephant House – Edinburgh Scotland
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 [...]
Visiting Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland
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 in Glasgow
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 Cloisters – University of Glasgow
Tour of the Cloisters. The University of Glasgow. As promised in yesterday's post, where we toured the exterior of the Gilbert Scott Building at the University of Glasgow, today we enter through the doors to see what was found on the other side. I had a hard time narrowing down the photos as this was [...]
University of Glasgow
Say What?!
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 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 [...]