Monday, May 9, 2011

Lady Visits Edinburgh

If you were given a choice between a Cairo, Marrakech, Bergen, Berlin, Venice, or Edinburgh sightseeing trip, which would you choose? That was a question I had to answer on Wednesday morning when I was invited to travel with bmi to one of those destinations to write a story about a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Edinburgh Castle in Scotland

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Lady in Edinburgh

August is festival month in Edinburgh. With around ten festivals going on at the same time, Edinburgh comes alive with music, street performances, art, literature, food, and the occasional day of sunshine.

Historic architecture in Edinburgh

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Lady on the Isle

My grandmother grew up in Glasgow. When she was just a wee lass, Glasgow was an important industrial hub and the River Clyde buzzed–quite literally–with industry and growth. Culture flourished as Scotland’s most famous architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, designed the likes of the Willow Tea Rooms and the Glasgow School of Art. The city was on the up and up.

Glasgow School of Art

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