363 Scottish Homecoming; A Troubadour's Scotland

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🗓️ 3 May 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Join us for a generous dose of convivial banter about Scotland: We'll hear all about this year's Scottish "Homecoming," then get insider tips for enjoying Edinburgh and Glasgow, and exploring the Scotland's borderlands, Highlands, and islands. Plus, folk singer Jim Malcolm shares some of the poetry embedded in the traditional music that so evocatively reflects the history and character of his fellow Scots.

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0:00.0	You can live in Edinburgh all your life and find that the view never gets old.
0:04.0	And right above you is an ancient medieval city and a castle rising from the rock.
0:09.0	And the scene is absolutely magnificent. I live in Edinburgh and I never tired of it.
0:14.0	Hi I'm Rick Steeves. Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steve's expert tour guides from Scotland
0:19.3	to meet the must-see sites of their country. From stately castles and trendsetting cities, to rugged
0:24.8	highland locks. Or maybe you'd rather play a few rounds of golf at the publicly owned
0:29.4	course at St Andrews.
0:30.3	Golf in Scotland isn't an elitist sport, the smallest village will have its own nine-hole
0:34.8	golf course.
0:35.8	Plus, folks singer Jim Malcolm talks about the poetry embedded deep in traditional Scottish
0:40.4	music.
0:41.4	Good tunes attract words and in fact are great hero Robert Burns.
0:46.2	That's what basically he did.
0:47.5	He would take tunes that he liked and pen beautiful words to them.
0:51.8	It's everything you need except maybe the Hagus for a great
0:55.0	time in Scotland in the hour ahead. It's travel with Rick Steves. I can hardly
1:01.1	wait to go back to Scotland.
1:03.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.
1:04.0	The more I get to know about Scotland,
1:06.0	the more I realize I'm just scratching the surface
1:08.0	and having a good time anyway.
1:10.0	This is a particularly big year for Scotland.
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