Louvre is the largest art museum globally in terms of area (72,735 sq. mt.) and second-largest in terms of art collection (the largest art collection is in Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia). Louvre has over 35,000 works of art, which are […]
We were going to spend the next four days in Paris. “Have you heard of Paris Syndrome?” my niece asked me over the phone. “No. What is it?” “Many people when visit Paris say that it didn’t live up to their expectations. […]
London has more than its fair share of museums and art galleries thanks to the British ruling half of the world. The most noteworthy are: The British Museum The National Gallery National Portrait Gallery Victoria and Albert Museum National History MuseumScience Museum […]
Edinburgh is perhaps the only city in the world with a huge monument and a museum dedicated to its writers. Home to many famous writers — Robert Burns (1759–1996), Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), and Sir Arthur Conon Doyle, to name […]
On Saturday morning, we left Glencoe for Edinburgh. It had been raining all day on Friday, ending our lucky spell of eight days of perfect sunshine. Rain just stopped long enough in the morning for us to put our luggage in the […]
No visit to the UK is complete without visiting the Highlands and Inverness. Inverness is the capital of the Highlands. Most people start their trip to the Highlands from Edinburgh and work their way up towards Inverness, but we did it the […]