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I was going to sit down and write up a post about the last couple of weeks in Vancouver (campiiiing) but I kept bumping up against Outlander and decided I better deal with it and the Edinburgh feels it inspired before I started to try and convince you that beautiful blue mountains in the distance were really green covered crags and hills. First up, is a bit of an explanation of the series; I pick a theme, a season, a place, a book, whatever strikes my fancy, set the mood, paint a picture with some of my favorite things, and then explain or clarify if need be.  For today we're talking about Scotland, particularly Edinburgh since that's what I'm most familiar with. To start, every traveler needs a bit of an education or at least some inspiration, be it from a guidebook, from a book book, or from history.  Neal Oliver's A History of Scotland either the BBC Documentary or the book that followed are a great place to start if you're looking for some nonfiction.  For...

LAST DAY IN LONDON (AKA LONDON DAY FOUR) AND EDINBURGH DAY ONE I wrote this up shortly after my arrival in Edinburgh.  If it sounds a bit different from my usual posts it’s because I was ridiculously tired and reading way too much John Green at the time. It's my last day in London so of course the weather has to pull out all the stops. Possibly it's the universe's subtle way of saying "move on" but whatever the reason it's freezing cold, then it's hot, then it's raining, than it's not.  My umbrella may be broken but I’m still spending a good part of the day in Saint James' Park, sitting in alternating bands of sun and shade, finishing the last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy.  I've come to love London and there's so much left I have to see.  I’m about to go take in Buckingham Palace.  I've already seen Parliment and Big Ben.  Later today I’ll move onto the London Eye, the Southbank neighborhood festival , Blackfria...