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How (Not) to Play Golf in St. Andrews, Scotland
Blog: Travelogged - 3 May 2011
How not to play golf in St. Andrews, Scotland, aka Home of Golf? Even if you absolutely adore playing golf and have always dreamed of playing golf in Scotland, like my husband? It’s really quite easy: 1. Go to Scotland on your babymoon with your pregnant wife (me), who does not play golf. 2. Promise [...]
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St. Andrews, Scotland: Where William Met Kate
Blog: Travelogged - 30 April 2011
Prince William may now be the Duke of Cambridge (a wedding present from his grandmother), but he didn’t go to Cambridge University. Of course he could have gone to Cambridge like his dad, Prince Charles, or he could have gone to Oxford or any university in the world. But he chose University of St Andrews, [...]
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Scott-Land at Celtic Connections
Blog: Music Road - 3 February 2011
Ivanhoe, Lady of the Lake, Rob Roy, The Bride of Lammermoor -- even if you’ve never read any of these, they have very likely influenced your view of Scotland and its history. Sir Walter Scott wrote all of them. His cinematic descriptions of Scottish landscapes have caused him to be called Scotland’s first travel writer. His novels, poems and plays were wildly popular when they were written in the early nineteenth century -- at one point during that time his novels were said to be the most read books in the United States.
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Scone Palace Has Nothing to Do With Scone Pastries
Blog: Travelogged - 30 September 2010
There are lots of reasons to visit Scone Palace in Perth, Scotland. The original home of the Stone of Destiny (which went to live at Edinburgh Castle after England finally returned it), Scone Palace is famous for its coronations —...
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Perthshire Amber in the highlands of Scotland, and online
Blog: Music Road - 26 October 2009
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