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A journey around Scotland: from Aberlady to Dirleton Castle…

 

Aberlady Bay East Lothian © 2012 Scotiana

 

 

 

Tuesday 4 September: from Aberlady Bay to Dirleton Castle our journey around Scotland goes on…

On our agenda today we’ve planned to follow the scenic coast road (A 198) from Edinburgh to Dunbar. Our first stop will be at Aberlady […]

Why A Montreal Restaurant Was Named Braemar…

Hi Mairiuna!

I would like to share with you today a story about a restaurant owned and operated, for many years, back in the 1950’s, by my father, dearest Jean-Paul, the Braemar Restaurant, which was located at 8440 St-Lawrence Boulevard, just north of the Metropolitain Highway 40, which crosses, still nowadays, the city of Montreal, […]

Scottish Gifts under the Christmas Tree…

 

Château de Chambord © 2012 Scotiana

Hi everybody,

BONNE ANNEE A TOUS !!!

We’re just coming back from Sologne where we spent the New Year holidays not far from Aubigny-sur-Nère and a few kilometers from two of the most famous châteaux de la Loire: Chambord and Cheverny.

 

Château de […]

Walter Scott’s First Letters to and from C.K. Sharpe at Hoddom Castle

 

Thomas Carlyle Portrait

 

In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time:the articulate audible voice of the Past,

when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.

(Thomas Carlyle)

Hoddom Castle: Old Stones and Stories in Dumfries & Galloway…

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Blooming rhododendrons at the entrance of Hoddom Castle, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland © 2006 Scotiana

Just try to imagine what it can be to get asleep and wake up in the shade of an old castle, to be immersed in the silent atmosphere of such a place when the only sounds around are […]