On Day 3, we drove back to Edinburgh and enjoyed a Loch Ness Cruise, visited Urquhart Castle, Glen Coe and Doune Castle en route. Breakfast at the Dalmore Guest House was excellent. We were served orange juice, strawberries, yoghurt, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, GF toast and freshly brewed coffee. Loch Ness We…
We left Edinburgh on a two-day Scottish Highland Coach Tour with Rabbie’s Tours visiting Forth Road Bridge, Dunkeld, Highland Folk Museum in the Cairngorms National Park, Ruthven Barracks, Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge, Tomatin Distillery and Balnuaran of Clava en route It was just a five-minutes walk from the Travelodge to Gate K of Edinburgh Central Bus…
For the second year running, we had a summer break in Scotland visiting Edinburgh, Inverness and Loch Ness. We travelled by train on a Sunday morning to Edinburgh from Harrogate via York. The LNER train from York was packed. We had reserved seats but many passengers had only standing room. It was not a comfortable…
On a guided tour of Kota Kinabalu, we visited the Atkinson Clock Tower, The Blue Mosque, Sabah State Museum & Heritage Village and the Kwan Yin Chinese temple. Kota Kinabalu or KK, the capital of Sabah, is a vibrant coastal city, famed as the gateway to Mount Kinabalu, stunning islands and rainforests. It is known for…
A walk in the Kleinbottwar vineyards Kleinbottwar village in the Württemburg wine region Germany is known principally for wines from the Riesling grape. There are three adjoining Grosse Lage – classified vineyards on a southwest- and south-facing hillside to the northeast of the village, on low-yielding, stony Keuper soils. In the middle of the three, Süssmund (“Sweetmouth”, referring to…
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