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For some, thoughts of a Travel and Table blog are associated with roaring jets, foreign soil or exotic food. Let’s face it, not all of us will go skiing in the Swiss Alps, dine at a five star restaurant weekly or create their own recipe for chocolate soufflé! While I do enjoy using my passport, I think that Travel and Table experiences can be found anywhere, locally or abroad. It’s up to us to determine that value. Just remember, more doesn’t necessarily mean better.

Deacon Brodie’s TavernBuilt in 1806 on Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile, the pub is named after one of the city’s most famo...
31/07/2024

Deacon Brodie’s Tavern

Built in 1806 on Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile, the pub is named after one of the city’s most famous sons, Deacon William Brodie – one of the inspirations behind Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde.

Born in 1741, Brodie was a deacon of a group of skilled carpenters known as the Guild of Wrights. By day, he was a respectable citizen and a member of the town council but, by night, he became involved in gambling and drinking. To pay off his debts, he had to resort to burglary and a life of crime and, by 1786, he had a small gang of criminals working in the city.

Throughout the pub, you’ll see references to Brodie and his double life, as well as our fascinating, decorative wooden ceiling.

Cannons, cannons everywhere! I loved this birds-eye view at Edinburgh, Scotland! 🇬🇧
25/07/2024

Cannons, cannons everywhere! I loved this birds-eye view at Edinburgh, Scotland!

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It’s all in the details!Remember when I posted about “looking up”? Our tour guide explained many of these details on ou...
24/07/2024

It’s all in the details!

Remember when I posted about “looking up”? Our tour guide explained many of these details on our tour of Edinburgh Castle.

Once again, don’t “go it alone”! Get a local tour guide!

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An Edinburgh Castle vantage point. You can see why this place was chosen for a castle. 🇬🇧
23/07/2024

An Edinburgh Castle vantage point. You can see why this place was chosen for a castle.

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There is no way I can adequately describe how much I enjoyed getting to see the Edinburgh Castle. Built in 1103 (not a t...
23/07/2024

There is no way I can adequately describe how much I enjoyed getting to see the Edinburgh Castle. Built in 1103 (not a typo!) and it is built on top of a volcanic eruption. 😳

My photos do not do justice to the magnitude of this UNESCO world heritage site.

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Entering Edinburgh Castle. Notice the spiked gate! 😳 🇬🇧
22/07/2024

Entering Edinburgh Castle. Notice the spiked gate! 😳

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Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14...
22/07/2024

Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films. (Wikipedia)

Immerse yourself in the culture when you travel! I always try to do every optional events while on tour such as this Sc...
21/07/2024

Immerse yourself in the culture when you travel! I always try to do every optional events while on tour such as this Scottish dinner and entertainment.
We heard several bagpipe players but this one was excellent! And the accordion player played historical and pop music! The Scottish dancers were so entertaining too.

Fraser…Inverness…Scottish Highlands…Culloden…recognize any of these buzzwords? Outlander fans will know! ...
20/07/2024

Fraser…Inverness…Scottish Highlands…Culloden…recognize any of these buzzwords? Outlander fans will know!

Loch Ness cruise! Always on the lookout for the Loch Ness Monster!
19/07/2024

Loch Ness cruise! Always on the lookout for the Loch Ness Monster!

Caption this! I’ll start…Never take yourself too seriously! #
19/07/2024

Caption this! I’ll start…

Never take yourself too seriously!

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Close your eyes and think about Scotland…chances are, something like this will come your way your mind! ...
19/07/2024

Close your eyes and think about Scotland…chances are, something like this will come your way your mind!

St. Andrews, Scotland!Did you know that St. Andrews is the Home of golf! ⛳️. Golf has been played at St Andrews Links fo...
18/07/2024

St. Andrews, Scotland!

Did you know that St. Andrews is the Home of golf! ⛳️. Golf has been played at St Andrews Links for 600 years! 😳

Are you tired of castles yet? Not me! What makes this castle special? It’s a SCOTTISH castle and they were so detail ori...
17/07/2024

Are you tired of castles yet? Not me!

What makes this castle special? It’s a SCOTTISH castle and they were so detail oriented! The grounds are beautiful! From period clothing to weapons to furniture, they spared nothing in providing a true “castle experience“!

When traveling where you’ve never been, I would encourage you to take a LOCAL GUIDED TOUR!Yes, you might have spent seve...
17/07/2024

When traveling where you’ve never been, I would encourage you to take a LOCAL GUIDED TOUR!
Yes, you might have spent several hours planning, but these guides have researched and studied their towns!
When you’re walking around in a strange place, you’re usually focused on your path, the guides encourage you to look up! Our local Galway guide pointed out this family crest and gave historical facts that I most likely wouldn’t have found. And he used our tour group members to enact out the skull and crossbones monument.
Want to know the story too? Go to Galway and get a locally guided tour!

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Don’t think you’d like a guided tour? Then you’d miss out on a private tour of this castle along with tea and scones pro...
16/07/2024

Don’t think you’d like a guided tour? Then you’d miss out on a private tour of this castle along with tea and scones provided by the owner!

Whiskey for breakfast? Only in Northern Ireland! 😳
15/07/2024

Whiskey for breakfast? Only in Northern Ireland! 😳

Spending the night at Ballygally Castle made me feel like Royalty!
15/07/2024

Spending the night at Ballygally Castle made me feel like Royalty!

I can now say I’ve spent the night in a castle!Ballygally Castle is a stunning 17th Century Castle which overlooks the g...
14/07/2024

I can now say I’ve spent the night in a castle!

Ballygally Castle is a stunning 17th Century Castle which overlooks the golden sands of Ballygally Bay and has uninterrupted views across the Irish Sea.

Ballygally Castle has been recognized as one of the Top 30 Best Hotels in the Rest of the UK in the prestigious 2022 Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards.

Another fun Giant’s Causeway pic!
14/07/2024

Another fun Giant’s Causeway pic!

Next stop…Northern Ireland! This is Giant’s Causeway.The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast is a spectacular area of gl...
13/07/2024

Next stop…Northern Ireland! This is Giant’s Causeway.

The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast is a spectacular area of global geological importance on the sea coast at the edge of the Antrim plateau in Northern Ireland. The most characteristic and unique feature of the site is the exposure of some 40,000 large, regularly shaped polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections, forming a pavement. This dramatic sight has inspired legends of giants striding over the sea to Scotland. Celebrated in the arts and in science, it has been a visitor attraction for at least 300 years and has come to be regarded as a symbol for Northern Ireland.

Throughout Ireland, history is interspersed with progress. 🍀 -photography
12/07/2024

Throughout Ireland, history is interspersed with progress.

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This Cliffs of Moher pic deserves its own post! And yes, we walked on that pathway!
11/07/2024

This Cliffs of Moher pic deserves its own post! And yes, we walked on that pathway!

Cliffs of Moher! Enough said. (No filter.)
11/07/2024

Cliffs of Moher! Enough said. (No filter.)

These livestock have the best Ireland views! Like any real estate deal…location,location, location!
11/07/2024

These livestock have the best Ireland views!
Like any real estate deal…location,location, location!

Quite possibly THE best meal we had in Ireland! A little stop on our Ring of Kerry Drive. I cannot begin to describe h...
10/07/2024

Quite possibly THE best meal we had in Ireland! A little stop on our Ring of Kerry Drive. I cannot begin to describe how delicious it was!

Shepherd’s Pie (with lamb) and Fish & Chips!

This is just the drive TO the Ring of Kerry! Beauty abounds in Ireland!
09/07/2024

This is just the drive TO the Ring of Kerry!
Beauty abounds in Ireland!

Irish coffee anyone?
08/07/2024

Irish coffee anyone?

08/07/2024

SOUND ON!
Have you ever heard such a lovely Irish accent? Our jaunting car driver was Peter. And his laugh was precious!
We rode around in the Kerry National Park!

This relatively short stop on our tour of Ireland packs a punch! Queenstown is reportedly the last stop of the Titanic ...
06/07/2024

This relatively short stop on our tour of Ireland packs a punch! Queenstown is reportedly the last stop of the Titanic before its fateful sinking.

If your ancestors were Irish, the chances are that they left Ireland from the port of Cobh , or Queenstown as it was called before it reverted back to its original Irish name. Cobh was Ireland’s most important port of emigration and from 1815 to 1970 over 3 million people boarded here, heading for new lives in North America.

The story of mass emigration from Ireland is told in The Queenstown Story, a gripping exhibition housed in the old Victorian Railway Station, through which huge numbers of emigrants would have passed. Attracting some 100,000 visitors each year, the Queenstown Story examines the devastating effect of the Great Famine on the country, during which some 1.5 million Irish people died and a further 1.5 million fled the country between 1845 and 1851. The exhibition outlines the often dangerous 12-week sea voyage to the States and takes you through the conditions of the boats often referred to as Coffin Ships due to the appalling conditions on board, hazards at sea and high fatality rate. Learn about an ‘Irish Wake’ an emotive exhibition on the final farewell for emigrating sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, many of whom would never return to their homeland.

As with most Titanic exhibits, you’re issued a passenger’s name. My passenger was on the Lusitania and…survived!

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Our tour guide, Laurent, photobombs my video! If you think a guided tour is not for you, I would ask that you reconsider! -our tour guide took care of EVERY detail! -our coach was very comfortable! -we never had to wait in a line for an attraction! -tour guides are SO knowledgeable about each location! -we met so many wonderful people from all over the world on our coach!

Who needs help booking a trip to Ireland? I can help!

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere! I’m not a beer drinker but I learned a lot on our Guiness tour! This information is from @hopculturemag : Guinness is a strange beer. Its color is a dark maroon but its taste is light and creamy. It’s a stout, but at 4.2% ABV, it’s got less bite than Budweiser. And, most curiously, as you wait for it to settle, the bubbles appear to be sinking, rather than floating to the top. Actually, there’s been a disturbing amount of scientific research devoted to understanding this last point. Unsurprisingly, much of this work was done out of Ireland. Dr. William Lee, a former Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Limerick, determined that this phenomenon is due to two important chemical and physical properties: nitrogen gas and the shape of a beer glass. First, the gas. Guinness is among the few beers to which brewmasters synthetically add nitrogen gas during the brewing process. Nitrogen, which you’re breathing right now, is the source of many of the weird properties of Guinness. First, nitrogen is a rather inert (non-reactive) gas in water, whereas in more traditional beers, carbon dioxide likes to react with water and generate free hydrogen ions, making your beer more acidic. This helps create that smooth, creamy taste. Second, relative to carbon dioxide bubbles, nitrogen bubbles are tiny, having roughly the diameter of a human hair.

SOUND ON! Have you ever heard such a lovely Irish accent? Our jaunting car driver was Peter. And his laugh was precious! We rode around in the Kerry National Park!

Cape Town, Africa, Paragliding! Would you paraglide off of this mountain? 😳

Such a fun experience!

The BIG FIVE on our South African Safari! Lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and Cape buffalo

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For some, thoughts of a Travel and Table blog are associated with roaring jets, foreign soil or exotic food. Let’s face it, not all of us will go skiing in the Swiss Alps, dine at a five star restaurant weekly or create their own recipe for chocolate soufflé! While I do enjoy using my passport, I think that Travel and Table experiences can be found anywhere, locally or abroad. Every experience adds value to our lives in some way. It’s up to us to determine that value. Just remember, more doesn’t necessarily mean better.