Tag: mystery

• February 16, 2016

  Two Unbelievable German Fairytale Castles.

  By all accounts, Ludwig II was a mad king.  Of course, madness is subjective, but most people agree that it’s a bit off the wall to build yourself a fantastic fairytale castle, then spend your kingdom’s vast fortune to build another one across the way, just so you have something nice to look at from your own, fabulous…
• September 22, 2015

  Mysteries and Histories of Newgrange, Ireland

  I slept like a log last night.  Do logs actually sleep?  How do logs sleep?  Like me? This is Newgrange, a Neolithic site in Ireland that was on my 30 list, which I visited in June when I went to Dublin to see The Who (I recently re-read that article and I’m glad I waited…
• April 7, 2015

  I spent a night in a Scottish castle!

  Last week on my trip to the Highlands, I checked into the Mercure Barony Castle Hotel, Eddleston, near Peebles, for a couple of nights R+R after two days car camping and climbing mountains and whatnot.  Peebles is in the Scottish borders between England and Scotland (far, far away from the Highlands) and we stayed here…