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Scotland: Stirling and Loch Lomond area

Da View

“They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!” “Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you’ll live — at least a while. And, dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back here […]

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Scotland: Edinburgh

Edinburgh Scotland

Scotland’s capital is a magnificent city, filled with medieval buildings, narrow alleyways or closes, and a castle that is perched high on the rocks of an extinct volcano making it impossible to miss. We took the tram from the airport into the city, and as we looked up and saw the giant castle and the […]

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France: Tours & The Loire Valley

Villandry garden

After a great visit to Paris, I was excited to go to another area that I had previously been to with mixed results – the Loire Valley.  Nate and I were there in 2006 as part of our European backpacking trip.  We explored some amazing castles and had a little bit too much fun that […]