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Momentous Events at Scapa Flow ..

Bonjour Mairiuna, Janice et Jean-Claude! Ca va? – How are you today?

It was lovely to see you again at the end of September, and to welcome you all for the first time to our home in Scotland – a short visit, but one filled with so many unforgettable moments! 🙂

 

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Children illuminate St Magnus’s life in Kirkwall Cathedral

 

St Magnus Cathedral western front central doorway © 2012 Scotiana

 

Hi everybody,

Did you read my last post about St Magnus Cathedral? This beautiful pink and white sandstone church is situated in the heart of Kirkwall, the capital city of Orkney.

Look! The door is open… let’s go inside, for the […]

HMS Royal Oak Hologram on display at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall

Hi Mairiuna!

Remember when in Kirkwall, we visited the Orkney Museum, just opposite St-Magnus Cathedral?

I’ve learned since that the museum is housed in one of Scotland’s finest vernacular town house: the Tankerness House, built in 1574.

 

Tankerness House – Orkney Museum (c) Scotiana 2012

Be it said that the entrance from […]

The Scottish-French Auld Alliance in three books…

 

To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf Harvest Books 1989

‘No going to the Lighthouse, James.’ he said, as he stood by the window, speaking awkwardly, but trying in deference to Mrs Ramsay to soften his voice into some semblance of geniality at least.

Odious little man, thought Mrs Ramsay, why go on saying […]

Waiting for the Scottish bagpipes in Aubigny-sur-Nère…

 

Aubigny-sur-Nère teddy bears Tourist Office © 2010 Scotiana

As it has been the case for twenty-two years now, the Scottish-French festivities are going to take place in Aubigny-sur Nère on the 14th of July. The whole town will again resound cheerfully with music, cries of joy, and the clatter of horses’ hooves […]