DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22

april - juli 2022

Et 85-dagers eventyr av Amy, Polka, Eo og 3 andre Les mer

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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 30. apr. 2022, 11:00
- 🌧 54 °F
- Høyde: 85 ft
- Skottland Highland Inverness Inverness Railway Station 57.47901, -4.2257457°28’44” N 4°13’33” W
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Inverness Tour
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
Inverness is a cute little town up in the Highlands near Loch Ness. I wanted to come see it because of the ties to Outlander and the Battle of Culloden.

We took a tour this morning to find out what else is here!

Legend has it that this is where the legend of a monster in Loch Ness began. In 575 AD St. Columba came to bring the gospel to the local tribes along the river Ness. A family had just lost a son to a monster from the river. As Columba went to cross the river to offer comfort to the family, the monster attacked again. He raised his cross and forced the monster out of the river all the way to the loch, where it still lives today.

The city hall has wolves out front...and someone googly-eyed the skull under its paw. The mercat (market) column was moved in front of it, as was the "gossip stone" from the river where women used to gather to wash clothes.

Leakey's used book store looked like something right out of Harry Potter - our guide called it the most Instagrammable spot in Inverness.

Victoria Market is an indoor mall dating back to Victorian times - and there was a chocolate store with chocolate coos (cows), a rooster and little Nessies.

We finished up with the first (I'm sure not the last) gelato.Les mer
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Reisende She helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape
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Reisende So much history! It's fascinating.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
- Del
- 30. apr. 2022, 11:30
- 🌧 54 °F
- Høyde: 85 ft
- Skottland Highland Inverness Inverness Railway Station 57.47901, -4.2257457°28’44” N 4°13’33” W
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Dag 5
Outlander in Inverness
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
Feel free to skip this post if you don't want to nerd out with me over Outlander references.
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Reisende They would be sat on the short tombstone-looking stone. The soldiers would use another stone as a sight.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
- Del
- 30. apr. 2022, 12:00
- 🌧 52 °F
- Høyde: 85 ft
- Skottland Highland Inverness Inverness Railway Station 57.47901, -4.2257457°28’44” N 4°13’33” W
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Rohan
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
Éowyn was confused when I told her she had to stop so I could take a picture here.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 30. apr. 2022, 15:00
- 🌧 48 °F
- Høyde: 66 ft
- Skottland Highland Lewiston River Enrick 57.32411, -4.4419957°19’27” N 4°26’31” W
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Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
The only Loch Ness monster we spotted was a swan. Urquhart Castle was very neat! Although in ruins, that just made it more picturesque.

Looks like we missed Nessie by just a few days - this is exactly where we were this afternoon!

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Reisende A replica of a 'knight's jug' with a fragment of the original decorated medieval tableware that was discarded here.
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Reisende Nice!
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Reisende Wow!!!
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
- Del
- 30. apr. 2022, 15:07
- 🌧 50 °F
- Høyde: 26 ft
- Skottland Highland Inverness River Ness 57.47867, -4.2281557°28’43” N 4°13’41” W
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Firsts
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
In the last few days, this girl has gone to a new continent for the first time, ridden on a train for the first time, and is now super excited to ride on a bus for the first time (we're on the way to Loch Ness to look for Nessie).Les mer
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Reisende Wonderful to see her so excited.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 30. apr. 2022, 19:10
- 🌧 52 °F
- Høyde: 66 ft
- Skottland Highland Inverness River Ness 57.47588, -4.2307457°28’33” N 4°13’51” W
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Éowyn and the Coos
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
There are these painted Highland cows all over Inverness (known as coos in the local dialect), we tried to get pics with as many as we found.
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Reisende I thought you had made a type - lol!
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Reisende This is my favorite coo picture.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
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- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 30. apr. 2022, 19:42
- 🌧 50 °F
- Høyde: 66 ft
- Skottland Highland Inverness River Ness 57.47629, -4.2300657°28’35” N 4°13’48” W
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Inverness AirBnB
30. april 2022, Skottland ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
This one made us a little nervous. The doors are super sketch and the stairs inside even more so. Thankfully, the actual apartment is tiny, but clean, cozy, and adorable. We're also about 3 minutes from the main town square, and across the street from a Tesco grocery.

However, the toilet makes a noise upon flushing that the girls have described as "summoning Cthulhu". So I've added it here for the memories.Les mer
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Reisende Good job on picking the location:) Our lodging in Russia was very similar with heavy doors with multiple locks and dark concrete stairwells before you finally find the door to your apartment.
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Reisende hahahaha! That will bring back memories someday.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 1. mai 2022, 11:00
- ⛅ 54 °F
- Høyde: 509 ft
- Skottland Highland Dalroy Culloden Muir 57.47715, -4.0925757°28’38” N 4°5’33” W
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Culloden Visitor's Center
1. mai 2022, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
I found out halfway through I wasn't allowed to take pics inside, oops!

There are a lot of swords, guns, bullets, letters, books and more on display. There was even Charlie's death mask. The right walls tell the story from the Jacobites point of view, while the left tells the government's.

I hadn't really thought of it as a civil war before, but that's really what it was. Our guide mentioned that more Scots were fighting on the government side than on Bonnie Prince Charlie's.

Entrance included a battlefield tour, and the docent was fantastic.Les mer
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 1. mai 2022, 11:10
- ⛅ 54 °F
- Høyde: 489 ft
- Skottland Highland Dalroy Strath Nairn 57.47655, -4.1052857°28’36” N 4°6’19” W
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Culloden Battlefield
1. mai 2022, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
"On 16 April 1746, the final Jacobite Rising came to a brutal head in one of the most harrowing battles in British history.

Jacobite supporters, seeking to restore the Stuart monarchy to the British thrones, gathered to fight the Duke of Cumberland’s government troops. It was the last pitched battle on British soil and, in less than an hour, around 1,600 men were slain – 1,500 of them Jacobites."

This was the last hand-to-hand battle on British soil.

The clan stones and memorials were very moving, and it's a beautiful place.

Leanach Cottage was used as a field hospital. The door was so small even Anya would have needed to duck!Les mer
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Reisende It's thought provoking to be actually standing in the place where historical event occurred.
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DB Family Europe Grand Tour 22
- Vis reise
- Legg til bøttelisteFjern fra bøtteliste
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- 1. mai 2022, 14:00
- ⛅ 55 °F
- Høyde: 492 ft
- Skottland Highland Dalroy Strath Nairn 57.47645, -4.1002157°28’35” N 4°6’1” W
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Éowyn's Coo from Culloden
1. mai 2022, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
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