Glasgow

A cone is one of the symbols of the city

[Oct. 2023] The walking tour we participated in in Glasgow, Scotland ended in front of the Museum of Modern Art. The main point is that the statue of Lord Wellington here is wearing a cone….

Glasgow

A saint called Mungo

[Oct. 2023] On our short trip to Scotland, on the last day we took a walking tour of Glasgow. It started at 10:30am from George Square. Our guide, a lady named Liz, spoke clearly and…

Highlands

The last place was Glencoe

[Oct. 2023] On our one-day Scottish Highlands tour, the first stop after lunch was Stalker Castle. However, just like 13 years ago, we only looked at it from a distance. Last time when we saw…

Highlands

Revisited the Highlands

[Oct. 2023] The day after we returned to Glasgow from Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, we went on a one-day tour of the Highlands. This is a tour run by a travel company…

Barra

Meeting the rare ponies

[Sept. 2023] At the Castlebay Hotel where we stayed on Barra Island in the Hebrides of Scotland, the check-out time was 10:30, which was as early as a Japanese inn. Moreover, it says that it…

Barra

Touring the island with a middle-aged newlywed

[Sept. 2023] We toured the Isle of Barra, which belongs to the Hebrides Islands in Scotland. We had researched it online and booked a taxi in advance. Actually, the driver and his son listed on…

Edinburgh

My miscellaneous thoughts about Edinburgh

[June 2021] I would like to write down what I noticed and what I was surprised at, during our one-month stay in Edinburgh, Scotland, which I could not cover so far. We stayed at an…

Melrose

Visit Melrose Abbey

[June 2021] On the last Saturday of our one-month stay in Edinburgh, the weather was not good, but we visited Melrose in southern Scotland as planned. Again, I’ve been there once with my parents long…

Falkirk

Linlithgow Palace was closed..

[June 2021] After Falkirk, a short trip with a couple of friends who came to Scotland during our stay in Edinburgh, we went to Linlithgow Palace. This is famous as the birthplace of Mary Stuart,…