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    Scottish Gifts under the Christmas Tree…

     

    Château de Chambord © 2012 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    BONNE ANNEE A TOUS !!!

    We’re just coming back from Sologne where we spent the New Year holidays not far from Aubigny-sur-Nère and a few kilometers from two of the most famous châteaux de la Loire: Chambord and Cheverny.

     

    Château de Cheverny en [...]

    In Memoriam of Sir Walter Scott: September 21st 2011…

     

    Abbotsford notice board © 2007 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    Today is September 21st, the first day of the autumn season though here, in the south of France, it looks like a summer day, warm and sunny! I wonder what is the weather like in Scotland now…

    Is it as beautiful as it was, 179 [...]

    Save Abbotsford: Sir Walter Scott’s House in the Scottish Borders

     

    Abbotsford © 2006 Scotiana

    Hi everybody!

    Hope this article finds you well and enjoying life.

    We received a letter in reference with the restoration of Sir Walter Scott’s House in the Borders region of Scotland and thought it would be great to share its contents as it is a cause that is [...]

    15 August 2011: Sir Walter Scott’s 240th Birthday!

    Sir Walter Scott Monument Edinburgh © 2007 Scotiana

    Hi Mairiuna!

    While checking my agenda this morning, I noticed a scribble indicating that today was Sir Walter Scott’s birthday!

    I said to myself that we could not let this day go by without honouring our favorite scottish writer .  To celebrate his priceless legacy [...]

    Sir Walter Scott’s Friends : Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe

     

    As revealed in Mairiuna’s post “Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Rediscovered “, I am now quite pleased to introduce you to a series of articles about Sir Walter Scott’s cherished friends, be them on two legs or four.

    Sir Walter Scott Friends

    As you will surely agree with me, [...]