Portrait: William Wallace, a Guardian of Scotland
23 April 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait Reading Time: 6 minutes Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas, Norman French: William le Waleys) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. read more…Inveraray in Scotland
12 April 2025 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General Reading Time: 7 minutes Inveraray (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Aora, meaning “mouth of the Aray“) is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Located on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, Inveraray is a former royal burgh and known affectionately as “The Capital of Argyll.” It is the traditional county town of Argyll, and the ancestral seat to the Duke of Argyll. read more…Dunrobin Castle in the Scottish Highlands
28 March 2025 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General, Architecture, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time: 8 minutes Dunrobin Castle (mostly 1835–1845 — present) is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, as well as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland, Chief of the Clan Sutherland. It is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) north of Golspie and approximately five miles (eight kilometres) south of Brora, overlooking the Dornoch Firth. read more…Portrait: John Law, a Scottish-French economist and financier
26 March 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait Reading Time: 11 minutes John Law was a Scottish-French economist and financier. He served as Controller General of Finances under Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who was regent for the juvenile Louis XV of France, and promoted a novel financial scheme for French public finances known as Law’s System (French: le système de Law) with two institutions at its core, John Law’s Bank and John Law’s Company. read more…St Andrews in Scotland, the home of golf
10 August 2024 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General Reading Time: 7 minutes
View from St. Salvator’s Tower © Jamesmcmahon0
Theme Week Firth of Clyde – Great Cumbrae
27 July 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 11 minutes
Newton Beach in Millport looking towards Isle of Arran © LucyLou2/cc-by-sa-4.0
Theme Week Firth of Clyde – Isle of Arran
26 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time: 8 minutes
Isle of Arran Distillery – Special casks © flickr.com – sebastian.b./cc-by-2.0
Theme Week Firth of Clyde – Island Davaar
25 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General Reading Time: 6 minutes
Island Davaar Lighthouse © geograph.org.uk – Calum McRoberts/cc-by-sa-2.0