Scotland – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:17:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Scotland Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/scotland-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scotland-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/scotland-roundup/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:32:03 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3194 I already wrote a kind of “emotional roundup” of my trip to Scotland. However, I have been doing official roundups in this format for every country I have traveled in depth since starting blogging two years ago. So I decided to keep the tradition alive and hopefully give a hint or two to those that may […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/scotland-roundup/feed/ 18 Gadding About Glasgow https://www.alexinwanderland.com/citysightseeing-tour-glasgow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=citysightseeing-tour-glasgow https://www.alexinwanderland.com/citysightseeing-tour-glasgow/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:55:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3083 Gadding: present principle of gad Verb. To go around from one place to another, in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment. As you may recall, Glasgow won both my heart and my Scotland City Smackdown. One way that I got to know this city in such a short period of time was to take the City […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/citysightseeing-tour-glasgow/feed/ 7 I Failed Scotland https://www.alexinwanderland.com/i-failed-scotland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-failed-scotland https://www.alexinwanderland.com/i-failed-scotland/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:50:06 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3033 I spent an entire month in Scotland, and I didn’t see Loch Ness. Or go to any of the isles. Or go to a music festival, or see a puffin, or camp out in a tent, or go to a Highland Games, or go whale watching, or any other the other things I eagerly bookmarked in […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/i-failed-scotland/feed/ 18 Vacationing Like the Victorians https://www.alexinwanderland.com/millport-great-cumbrae/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=millport-great-cumbrae https://www.alexinwanderland.com/millport-great-cumbrae/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:11:04 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3101 Cycling on Great Cumbrae, Scotland
Long long ago, before the age of budget airlines, internet search engines and all-inclusive beach resorts, Scottish city dwellers used to vacation by going ‘doon the watter’ (down the water, to you non-Scot speakers) to seaside resort towns. This 19th and 20th century means of vacation is still possible for those looking for a quaint getaway, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/millport-great-cumbrae/feed/ 11 Alex In Wanderland Getting Wild at the Edinburgh Zoo https://www.alexinwanderland.com/getting-wild-at-the-edinburgh-zoo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-wild-at-the-edinburgh-zoo https://www.alexinwanderland.com/getting-wild-at-the-edinburgh-zoo/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:26:03 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3051 So Edinburgh may have lost my Scotland City Smackdown, but there are no hard feelings. Right, Edinburgh? Because I’m about to shower lots of internet love on what I rate as your most top notch attraction: The Edinburgh Zoo. Let me rewind to the night before my visit, where I’m dancing up a storm in an […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/getting-wild-at-the-edinburgh-zoo/feed/ 6 Photo of The Week 5 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-week-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-week-week-5 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-week-5/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:55:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3084 This week’s Photo of the Week was a bit trickier than usual as we didn’t really do much “traveling”. On our way back from Ibiza we hung out in Manchester for a few days with Mark’s friends before back up to Irvine  to attend doctor’s appointments, paint a shed, and get ready for a boot sale. […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-week-5/feed/ 6 The Scotland City Smackdown https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-scotland-city-smackdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scotland-city-smackdown https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-scotland-city-smackdown/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:55:22 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3016 There is an age old rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh, my private Scottish tour guide (and um, boyfriend) tells me as we drive the short hour between the two. The two have long competed in art, sport, innovation, industry, and tourism. The cities’ residents are fiercely proud and quick to tell you why theirs is the […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-scotland-city-smackdown/feed/ 16 The Great Escape: Month 1 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-1-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-1-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-1-roundup/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:55:31 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=2962 I absolutely cannot believe I’ve been away from home for an entire month. It feels a bit surreal and I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet that I’m on the go “for good.” Scotland was a great place to start this adventure both so that Mark could visit home and also as a great ease […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-1-roundup/feed/ 16 Scottish Pride and The Wallace Monument https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-wallace-monument/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wallace-monument https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-wallace-monument/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:32:12 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=2970 I’m well aware that there are uber patriotic Americans- Saturday Night Live skits and the Daily Show have made me well aware of the fact. However, outside the Fourth of July or the most recent election day, I rarely witness or take part in extreme patriotism. It’s not that I’m ashamed of my nationality, its just […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-wallace-monument/feed/ 7 The Highland Cow Call https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-highland-cow-call/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-highland-cow-call https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-highland-cow-call/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:36:57 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=2948 Rolling green mountains. Swaths of tartan. Long, endless lochs. Cobblestone streets leading to age old pubs where men wearing kilts slam down drams of whisky. A certain monster named Nessie. There are many images that evoke Scotland. None shine as brightly for me as a certain wee hairy cow native to the country. The highland coo, […]
 
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