In the Scottish Countryside
On Wednesday, August 13, we hung around our Airbnb. Gail took photos of our immediate environment. This is the road we have to take to and from Oban. Some flowers. A lily pond The...
Monthly Archive: August 2025
Go West, Once Young People, Go West
On Monday, August 11, we left Grantown behind and drove Southwest to Oban. It was not the most pleasant of journeys. One lane roads (with both directions sharing the lane), two lane roads barely...
Strolling around Grantown
Grantown was a great place to relax and take a breath from our journeys. August 8 to 10 were all very simliar: we rested, were entertained by the locals, walked into town, had one...
Strathspey Railway
On Thursday, Aug 7 (my brother Mike’s birthday) Gail and I had High Tea on the Strathspey Railway. It’s a steam locomotive operating a ten mile track from Aviemore to Broomhill. We started the...
Grantown-on-Spey
We had a todo list with 20 items on for Tuesday, Aug, 5. Won’t bore you with all 20. We were most worried about Schiphol Airport, but they had an app that made navigating...
Museum Speelklok
On our last day on the houseboat in Utrecht, Monday Aug 5, we visited the Museum Speelklok. As we walked to the museum, we passed many sights we saw before. For example, the library...
Oog in Al
On Sunday, Augusr 3, Gail and I decided to explore our neighboring neighborhood, i.e. or “Eye in All”. Established in the 12th century, it didn’t receive its distinctive name until 1666 when the mayor...
Utrecht: A Closer Look
On Saturday, August 2, we took a private walking tour. We were a little apprehensive, given how long the food tour was, but it was a delightful stroll around Utrecht. We started out catching...
Utrecht Food Tour
We booked a vegan food tour for Utrecht for Friday, Aug. 1. We met our guide and group at Thinker on a Rock. We were the only non Europeans, the only senior citizens, and...