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My #SomewhereSunday destination today is Scotland.
I have always wanted to go to Scotland and a
favorite book (and now TV) series is based there so it intrigues me even more.
It's always helpful to know the most common phrases and words when traveling to a new place. The Scots language is similar to English but not. Check this out, you'll see what I mean. *grin*
Ardnamurchan Peninsula
Edinburgh
A tour, led by Rick Steves, through Scotland's Islands and Highlands
Most of the time when the word food in mentioned in the same sentence as Scotland the first thing people think of is Haggis. It has quite a reputation around the world with very mixed reviews I'd say. Well, there's more to Scotland than Haggis as this video shows - it takes us on a food tour of Scottish cuisine.
Cave of Melody
Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye
Enjoy some traditional music
Edinburgh is referred to as the cultural heart of Scotland.
Take a tour of it with Rick Steves.
The currency in Scotland is the Pound
The Middle Highlands
Culloden Moor
Eilean Donan Castle
Fairy Glenn
Fairy Pools
Finnich Glen, Loch Lomond
You can't visit Scotland without attending the Highland Games!
Gruinard Bay
Inverness
Heather covered moors
Loch Ness
The Highlands
There's so much to see and do in Scotland, here's 25.
You can make your own scottish food to complete your *travel* experience today. Try one of these recipes.
Leanach Cottage, Culloden Moor.
It is the only surviving building from the battle in 1745
There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.
The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.
This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.
You can make your own scottish food to complete your *travel* experience today. Try one of these recipes. 
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