{"id":16906,"date":"2019-08-22T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T11:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=16906"},"modified":"2019-08-22T08:06:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:06:17","slug":"home-from-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=16906","title":{"rendered":"Home from Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nA Scottish meat pie bought at a High Street bakery in Dunbar. Click here for high-resolution version<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m home from Scotland, with stops in Edinburgh, Dunbar, Inverness, Stornaway, Tarbert, Uig, the wild west coast of the isle of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides, a quick pass through London, and a day in Oxford in merry old England. I plan several posts: a picture post; a video post (which may require a few days for editing); a post on finding traditional Scottish cuisine (not easy, but we found some); and a post on Harris tweed (which, of course, comes from, and only from, the isle of Lewis and Harris).<\/p>\n

Though I had my ever-so-heavy Nikon camera with me, I found myself reaching again and again for my iPhone XR. Not only does the iPhone serve as an excellent camera for wide-angle shots, it also shoots superb high-definition video. On this trip I tried to capture, in video, as many of the sights and sounds as I could — screaming gulls, crashing waves, bleating sheep, thrumming ferry boats, a Scottish cat or two, and even a Scottish congregation singing a Sunday morning hymn.<\/p>\n

But first, I’ve got to soothe a certain American cat hoarse from grieving, get some groceries, deal with some political obligations, and catch up on a few chores.<\/p>\n

I also had my first Burger King Impossible Burger after returning to the U.S., so I’ll have a post about that, too.<\/p>\n

As usual, I felt no cultural discomfort in the British Isles, which I think always feel like home to the Celtic psyche. But returning to America through the Raleigh suburbs was a terrible jolt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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