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We went for a tour of the gorgeous House of Dun today, a Georgian home built for the Erskine family in 1743 by the architect William Adam. In 1980, the 21st and last Laird of Dun, Millicent Lovett (nee Erskine), died without an heir and left the house and contents to the National Trust of… Continue reading House of Dun
The Zoology building at the University of Aberdeen is being used as a film location for the film Tetris which is set in the cold-war era Soviet Union. They've been filming all weekend and closed off part of Tillydrone Avenue so we went to check it out. This is the Zoology building at the University… Continue reading Moscow-on-Don
I was in Glasgow last weekend for the SFN Expo, an exhibition for anyone interested in health and fitness. WordPress.com had a stand at the exhibition and I worked there on both days. It was unlike anything I've attended for work before as I usually go to WordCamps or mathematics conferences which are technology-focused/academic events… Continue reading Glasgow SFN Expo
We went to the beach today and I took some photos. Can you see all the ships on the horizon? The next photo is a building at Castlegate in Aberdeen. It's quite striking and is, I think, what is called an example of Scottish baronial architecture. It looks very Aberdonian to me and contains nothing exciting at all… Continue reading The beach in Aberdeen
We are in Pitlochry in Perthshire, which is in the middle of Scotland. We caught the train from Aberdeen yesterday and plan to spend two nights here. We thought about booking one of the Co-wheels cars but it actually worked out to be the same price, if not cheaper, to catch the train. That's including the… Continue reading Pitlochry
It's a beautiful day in Aberdeen today. I had to run some errands in town this morning and I took these photos of the very gorgeous Marischal College. It's the second largest granite building in the world, and is owned by the University of Aberdeen and leased to the city council. Apparently much of the… Continue reading Marischal College, Aberdeen
I love universities. I went to kindergarten at a university. When I started school I spent many afternoons at a university since there wasn't always someone at home to look after us after school so my sister and I went to the university where my father worked - and still does - instead. We would draw pictures on the… Continue reading The University of Aberdeen
I like to look at the types of houses people live in when I go to different cities. Here are a few from the residential streets of Aberdeen plus a couple of our backyard. Aberdeen is a beautiful city. It's quite leafy for a British city - which I really like - and many of… Continue reading Photos from Aberdeen
We're in Dunedin for a few days: my favourite New Zealand city. Dunedin is right at the bottom of the South Island while Auckland is right at the top of the North Island. It's a lovely city: small, fairly compact for the Antipodes, magnificent views from most parts, and in my view, it's the most… Continue reading Magnificent Dunedin
We are in Aberdeen, a city known for its extensive use of granite as a building material and because of this it is also sometimes called the granite city or the silver city. On the train here from York, I tweeted that I was heading north in Scotland. Someone responded to my tweet with, "Ooh,… Continue reading The Silver City
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