Dolo rests on the Brenta River, the waterway that connected Venice/Venezia to Padua/Padova. During mostly the 1500s, the Venetian aristocracy built grand country homes in this area to escape the city and enjoy large gardens and hunting grounds – of which my amazing villa is one such grand country home. Around the 16th century, Dolo …
Welcome to my home for the next month… I even have my own mini-villa in the grounds of this glorious estate… and I love my morning ritual of opening all the shutters… This is the view from my bathroom… …view from my bedroom… …and view from my front door… This villa is also part of …
The first place I stayed was a delightful little family-run hotel near Lake Como. The next morning, continuing my drive across from Milan to Venice, I drove around lovely Lake Como… complete with skinny, windy roads and crazy Italian drivers! Oh, and this was the bus going the other way that clipped my mirror… Despite …
All packed and ready for another adventure, this time to the Riviera del Brenta in Italy. My flight departed from Edinburgh, so I decided to stay a couple of days in Dalmahoy, a lovely 18th century mansion – also where James VI of Scotland (who became James I of England) stayed in 1589 in the …
Nestled in the Loch Lomond National Park is my beloved piece of Heaven. Each of these photos was taken from essentially my back door, but yet each feels so very different… ~ Bella
Even more ‘Outlander’ locations on this lovely drive through Ayrshire… Btw, I don’t know if you can tell from the photos, but these speed ‘bumps’ are about 10″ high!!! Dunure Harbour and Castle… In ‘Outlander’, the little harbour in the village of Dunure in Ayrshire stood in for Ayr Harbour as Claire and Jamie left …
Never a dull day here loch-side… ~ Bella
Birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, Linlithgow Palace and”once a majestic royal residence of the Stewarts, Linlithgow Palace today lies roofless and ruined. Yet entering the palace gates still inspires awe in visitors. James I ordered work on a palace to begin in 1424, following a fire that severely damaged the earlier residence. The elegant, …
I have been to several film locations for the ‘Outlander’ production, and Blackness Castle is yet another. …but first past the enormous horse head sculpture know as the Kelpies… This 15th century fortress provided the setting in ‘Outlander’ for the Fort William headquarters of Black Jack Randall, as well as featuring in the heart-wrenching scene …
Lady Penelope, my beloved Baby Jaguar, is going in for some TLC while I am in Europe – and when I went to visit her ‘doctor’, this is what greeted me! …and then I spied a 1949 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith – and not just any old Rolls Royce – this one was previously owned …
