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Cruising Scotland’s Caledonian Canal

Features, February 2009 issue
Cruising Scotland’s Caledonian Canal
2008 marked our 50th wedding anniversary, and we decided it would be a good year to celebrate with our family. Since we are longtime devotees of river cruising, we chartered a barge for our family of seven for a one-week trip in August ’08 through the Highlands of Scotland on the Caledonian Canal. ...

Searching for family ties in Scotland

Features, February 2008 issue
Searching for family ties in Scotland
by Richard Reid, Clarkston, WA Since the mid-18th century, Scottish immigrants have contributed to the growth of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. For those wishing to discover their Scottish heritage, there is no better way than to go to the country from which those immigrants originated. What usually is discovered, however, is that ...

Dunhallin House in Scotland

Accommodations Worldwide, September 2007 issue
Dunhallin House in Scotland
If you plan to spend time in Inverness, we re commend Dunhallin House (164 Culduthel Rd., Inverness, SCOTLAND, IV4BH, U.K.; phone 44 1463 220824 or visit dunhallin.co.uk) — located on a quiet street about 1½ miles from the central district. Over the past 27 years we’ve stayed at many dozens of B&Bs in the British Isles ...

Ask Steve » Friendly French, transportation options in Ireland

Columns, December 2006 issue
DEAR READER, I’d like to share an incident with you that I had on a recent trip to France. Nearly a thousand years ago, in 1066 to be exact, one of my ancestors moved from a small village in Normandy to England and founded our family. He became known as “Gilbert of (or from) Venables,” and ...

Most beautiful or unusual place of worship

Travelers' Intercom, September 2006 issue
We asked readers the following at the suggestion of Greg Stathakis of Santa Barbara, California. What is the most beautiful or unusual place of worship that you have seen (outside of North America and the Caribbean)? It can be of any faith, from cathedral to mosque, but should still be in use. Be as specific as ...

Debit/credit card purchases in UK

Travelers' Intercom, July 2006 issue
When we used our MasterCard for a purchase in Glasgow, Scotland, on April 10, ’06, the new machine refused it because there was no “PIN number.” We insisted that the assistant try again and she refused. The manager came over and inserted our card again. The machine then said to enter the last four digits ...

Cruising Scotland’s Caledonian Canal

Features, December 2005 issue
by Betty and Dick Wood, Seattle, WA A few years ago we took a trip on the Göta Canal, a boat trip on inland lakes and step-locks across southern Sweden. After reading about a similar trip — this one on the Caledonian Canal in Scotland with an extension to the Orkney Islands — we decided to ...

Travel Tidbits

Travel Tidbits, August 2005 issue
  There is a magnificent painting by Dali, “Christ of St. John of the Cross,” in Glasgow, Scotland. For info, go to www.glasgowmuseums.com and follow through to “St. Mungo Museum of Religion.” There will also be more info on the Burrell Collection, opened in 1983 but as magnificent as ever! — DAVID GLASS, Laree, Alsace, France    ...

Western Scotland

Travelers' Intercom, May 2005 issue
On a trip to lesser-known territory of the U.K, Sept. 11-24, ’04 (April ’05, pg. 16), my travels took me to western Scotland. I made the journey from Douglas, Isle of Man, to Belfast, Northern Ireland, by the Steam Packet Company fast catamaran at a prebooked fare of £14.70 (near $28). Since I had no prebooked ...

9-day trip to the Scottish islands with Classique Tours

Tours in Review, May 2004 issue
Our party of four took a delightful, somewhat “different,” 9-day trip to the Scottish islands, particularly the Shetlands and the Orkneys, followed by a 7-day trip that included the Isles of Jura, Colonsay, Gigha, Arran and the Mull of Kintyre. Our trip was handled by Classique Tours (8 Underwood Rd., Paisley, PA3 1TD, Scotland; phone + ...
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