Scotland – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:17:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 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 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 Greetings From Scotland! https://www.alexinwanderland.com/greetings-from-scotland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greetings-from-scotland https://www.alexinwanderland.com/greetings-from-scotland/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:58:41 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=2333 … And the journey begins. After an astronomically expensive cab ride, a mad scuffle at the airport to avoid excess baggage fees, three semi brutal plane rides, and a car ride through the Scottish countryside with a breathless sighting of a highland cow, I have arrived safe in Irvine, Scotland. I feel like my 9 hours […]
 
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