We are leaving from Toronto tomorrow for our five week jaunt throughout Europe, a trip we have been referring to as our Grand Tour. Today that term conjurers up visions of young people lugging backpacks, staying in hostels and enjoying their freedom following years of academic pursuit. That vision is not far from the historical…
Month: September 2023
A Scottish Symphony – Edinburgh
Solo Travel with Renee My first glimpse of Scotland was of an intensely blue North Sea, emerald green fields and craggy rocks cradling an ancient ruin. Stray sunbeams shot across a sullen canopy of clouds, illuminating the view from my train window. Scotland has been the romantic setting of stories and music from classical literature,…