Edinburgh is full of surprises. One minute you’re in a bustling city center, and the next you’re wandering down a shady trail, surrounded by trees and hearing only the sounds of the nearby stream.
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England: Hiking amongst the waterfalls
On our way home from Birmingham, we stopped to do a little hiking on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail in Yorkshire.
A weekend in Birmingham
We recently hopped in the car and headed south of the border* for a weekend with the delightful Brummagemerins. Birmingham probably wouldn’t have ranked high on our must-see list without fun people to visit there, but we’re very glad we went, for both the company and the sights.
Edinburgh: Scenes from an open-top bus tour
Like most tourist-centric European cities, Edinburgh is full of open-topped double-decker hop-on-hop-off bus tours.
Angry birds (and an abbey) on Inchcholm Island
In our quest to make the most our of our year-long membership to Historic Scotland, we recently journeyed to Inchcholm Abbey, a medieval abbey on a small island in the Firth of Forth.
The Glasgow School of Art
I’m a bit embarrassed to say that we’ve only been to Glasgow once, and that was years ago when we were visiting Edinburgh from Munich. The highlight of the short afternoon we spent in the city was a guided tour through the Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art. This architectural masterpiece incorporated a beautiful combination of Art Deco and Japanese-inspired details, and housed many examples of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s iconic furniture (as well as a library and working studios for current art school students).
Scotch Whisky: a Dalwhinnie Distillery Tour
On a recent trip to the Western Highlands, we made a spontaneous stop for a tour at Dalwhinnie Distillery, around a two-hour drive from Edinburgh.
Springtime in Great Britain
Last weekend we drove down to visit some friends in Birmingham. Along the way, spring was in full bloom.
Question Time at the Scottish Parliament
Down at the lower end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, across the street from the queen’s summer house, you’ll find the architectural anomaly that is the Scottish Parliament. You’ll have no trouble picking it out from the surrounding medieval buildings that make up Old Town.
Broadway, baby
This post is basically just a couple tips for anyone who might be hoping to see some theater in New York City.