lodgebo
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White Tiger said this in post #46 :
Is any of Shakespears play true? ((That is the Scottish play.....Mabeth))
AS far as I know there definitley was a King Macbeth he ruled from 1040 to 1057 and is buried with the other kings and queens of Scotland on the Island of Iona. As for the other aspects well I have not seen the play fro many years so I am struggling to rememeber but I do know that Shakespear drew the historical refrences from a book ( chronicles of England, Scotland and Wales) and I know that the book has been questioned over bias to certain Family lines especially MacBeths family line.
What is Scotlands relationship with France?
Scotland has a great relationship with the French there is the Auld Alliance with France ( which the French will tell you never exsisted) but we traded with France and got on well with France you tend to find in Scotland a lot of towns are twinned with French towns and some Scottish slang words are derived from French words. Ask a Scottish person what they think of France and they talk about as if it's an old friend, I klnow that when we went to France in 98 the locals seemed to like being with and aropund us more than other nations ( or maybe I am being sentimentel) but most of us like France.
Waht parts of Scotland should I aviod if I ever get round to visiting?
Well I would avoid Castlemilk in Glasgow it probably the toughest estate in Europe but you don't get many tourist going by. Genereally though it's not a dangerous place as for boring places well Dundee basically go see Discovery and leave cos there is nothing else there.
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Well I would recomend Edinburgh definitley IO know I live here and I am bias but it's one of the most unique cities in the world there is the castle, the old town, the newtown, the parliemnt, the palace, the undergound city, Greyfriars Bobby ( well the monument and the grave the dog is long dead obviously) the haunted Childrens mueseum V sad place. and thst not even half of it.
Striling is good and very historical there is the castle and the Wallace monument they view from which is breathtaking,
Loch Lomond national park is nice
and loch Ness might see a famous resident
Also Inverness is beatuiful and if you have a few days Island hopping is always fun esp Iona and the Standing stones.
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06-03-2007 10:49 PM
