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    A journey around Scotland: a day in the Old Town of Edinburgh

     

    Monday 3 September

    12:00  we leave Mortonhall campsite. The place is rather empty at this hour of the day except for our little friends, the rabbits, which play around and hide below our wigwam. They must be eager to be left alone in their realm…

    Highland cow in Mortonhall campsite © [...]

    Innerpeffray, the first public lending library in Scotland..

     

    Innerpeffray Library shelves Voyages & Travels © 2007 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    Yesterday we received this  lovely message from Lara Haggerty, Library Manager & Keeper of Books at the Innerpeffray Library,  in Perthshire:

    Hello Janice, Mairiuna and Jean-Claude

    I enjoyed reading your website and the journeys through literary Scotland  and I wanted to invite [...]

    A very cheerful Scottish April Fools’ Day!

     

    In France, at the beginning of the 20th century people used to send to their family and friends lovely romantic postcards illustrated with images of ‘poisson d’avril’. The 1st of April celebrated friendship and love. Old postcards – Source Wikimedia

    Hi everybody,

    WOW Janice ! You’ve whetted my appetite yesterday with your Easter [...]

    How Is Easter Celebrated In Scotland?

    Happy Easter to all and may the joys of this day shine very bright upon you!

    In our conversation today, Mairiuna and I were wondering how Scottish people celebrate Easter.

    By curiousity, I googled the phrase: “How do the Scottish celebrate Easter?”

    Answer.com came up in the search results in top position and the [...]

    A journey around Scotland: roaming the New Town in Edinburgh

     

    Edinburgh Tour green bus © 2012 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    Lovely as this double-decker may look like we are not going to visit Edinburgh aboard it though it might have been a solution to avoid parking and traffic problems in the city (tram works presently).

    Wigwam – Mortonhall Caravan & Camping Site – [...]