Wanderlust Wednesday: Scotland

My friend, Marcy, has raved about the beauty and history of Scotland. In fact, she took her niece to Scotland a couple of years ago and returned with her nephew just this past summer. She fell in love with this country when she was in college, which may be one reason why her love of Scotland runs deep. Scotland is the U.K.’s northernmost country, and is the land of mountain wildernesses {think of the Highlands in the Starz series, Outlander, with the sexy Scotsman Sam Heughan}, interspersed with glacial glens {valleys} and lochs {lakes}. And guess what the national animal […]

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“Salmon Fishing” is a Delightful Charmer

“When things get tricky in my life, I talk to my fish,” said Dr. Alfred Jones. Although Dr. Alfred Jones didn’t spend much time talking to fish in the dramedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, his quirky character was instrumental in helping to bring salmon fishing to the country of Yemen. According to IMDb, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is about “a fisheries expert who is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik’s vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.” Ewan McGregor plays Dr. […]

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