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    The Poet’s Path in Alloway and Tam O’ Shanter story…

     

     

    The poet’s bust in Burns Cottage garden in Alloway© 2012 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    Hi Janice !  Do you remember the day we spent in Alloway, the native village of Robert Burns? Quite an unforgettable day indeed but sadly enough it was the last but one day of our 2012 trip around Scotland…

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    February 5th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Museums | Leave a comment

    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 [...]

    October 23rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: History, Museums | Leave a comment