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The Loch Ness Murray: May 7, 2010: Eating My Heart Out, Or At Least A Sheep's Heart Out
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The Loch Ness Murray. Sunday, May 9, 2010. May 7, 2010: Eating My Heart Out, Or At Least A Sheep's Heart Out. Today was my last day in Edinburgh, and also my last day in Scotland. The plan today was to finish up some last minute souvenir shopping, go on my final tour bus ride, and try to view as many museums and art galleries as possible all before 5 PM (A.K.A. when Scotland shuts down). The Scottish version of the guillotine, The Maiden.). A horse drawn hearse.). After a full day of sight seeing, I stop...
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The Loch Ness Murray: May 2, 2010: In Jail
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The Loch Ness Murray. Tuesday, May 4, 2010. May 2, 2010: In Jail. After the race yesterday I drove to my next destination, Inveraray, but arrived too late and was too tired to explore and get a good sense of the town (I've already mentioned that small Scottish towns tend to shut down at 4 PM). This morning though, I set about on a sight-seeing mission to see what Inverary had to offer, which, it must be said, is not much. A rustic bench outside my hostel so "vintage" that moss is growing on it.). The Inv...
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The Loch Ness Murray: May 3, 2010: Louis
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The Loch Ness Murray. Tuesday, May 4, 2010. May 3, 2010: Louis. This is my second post today. Don't miss my post for May 2nd below this.). One of the main reasons I came to Inveraray, was to try out the Scottish Tourism Board "4 Star" rated activity centre, Argyll Adventures. Argyll Adventures offers five activities, including a 7 metre climbing wall (not that tall, really), a paintball range, laser tag, bungee trampoline jumping, and the activity I was most interested in, horse riding tours. Some time d...
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Canadian: Vancouver Day 3
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Canadian. Monday, June 7, 2010. When I woke up today, the clouds were greyer than usual and had decided to drop their water harder and more copiously than usual. My two major attractions left that I had planned to see were Grouse Mountain and the Capilano. Suspension Bridge. Since Grouse Mountain is, well, on top of a mountain, and the Capilano. Suspension Bridge is in a rain forest. The inside of the shuttle bus was outfitted to look like a 1920s street car.). Often the ladies...
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Canadian: June 2010
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Canadian. Sunday, June 13, 2010. Vancouver to Halifax: The Final Day. I'm not sure why, but since I've started flying around the world, I can make it to my destination without much trouble, but on the way back I always have a terrible time making it home without some series of issues making the trip difficult, no matter how well I try to prepare in advance. Fortunately though, my neighbours were quite interesting. The man on my left worked with Universities and Colleges aro...
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The Loch Ness Murray: May 4, 2010: Edinburgh
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The Loch Ness Murray. Tuesday, May 4, 2010. May 4, 2010: Edinburgh. Today I left Inveraray behind and headed to my last stop, Edinburgh. Rather than taking the more direct route via the motorways though, I thought I'd give my Astra one last workout on the windy A Roads. Unfortunately, as I headed west, I started to leave the mountains and lochs, and move more into farm land as I crossed the Great Glen, which is far less interesting to see. Of it in the 1700s. Fast forward a few hundred years, and mod...
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Canadian: Vancouver Day 4
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Canadian. Monday, June 7, 2010. When I woke up today (my last in Vancouver), I was elated to see that the sky was blue and the sun was shining. It turns out though, that the sky was just teasing me, for after I came back from my shower the grey clouds had returned. I had originally planned to walk up to the top on "Mother Nature's Stairmaster," the Grouse Grind, but alas it was closed for renovations during my visit, and so I was forced to take an eight minute ride up to the su...
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Ea-pea Dave's Terra Nova: September 2011
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Ea-pea Dave's Terra Nova. Going The "Wrong Way" Never Felt So Right. Monday, September 5, 2011. Nova Scotia National Historic Site #14: Akins House. This small cottage on Brunswick Street, in North End Halifax, was the home of Thomas Beamish Akins. Built in the 1790s, T.B. Akins' house is the oldest dwelling in Halifax. In 1811, Sir George Prevost complained to the Provincial Assembly of Nova Scotia that its public records were "in a ruinous state." However, it would take numerous government bungling...
