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It was meeting her Airbnb host: Christina Aguilera. “It just felt like a dream,” Ms. Garza, 26, said. When she was growing up, her bedroom was decorated with posters of the pop star. Ms. Garza had nabbed one of the “once-in-a-lifetime” promotional stays that Airbnb has occasionally listed in recent years. On Wednesday, Airbnb announced that it was expanding stunt promotions like these under a new permanent category called “Icons,” featuring unusual and ambitious partnerships with brands and celebrities
Persons: Aubrey Garza’s, Christina Aguilera, Ms, Garza, Airbnb Organizations: Scottish Highlands Locations: Las Vegas, Scottish
The series will tell two parallel origin stories: how Jamie's parents came to meet and Claire's parents' romance. "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" went into development in February 2022. The decision to include Claire's parents in the show is sure to be a welcome one. Not much is known about Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp beyond the fact that they died when Claire was a young girl. "We're thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples," said Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner, executive producer and writer on both "Outlander" and "Outlander: Blood of My Blood."
Persons: Outlander, Ellen MacKenzie, Brian Fraser, Jamie's, Ellen, Jamie, Julia Moriston, Henry Beauchamp, Claire, We're, Matthew B, Roberts Organizations: Starz, Scottish Highlands Locations: England
It was the denouement to a whirlwind that had engulfed — or at least amused — the communities of Kingussie and Kincraig in the Scottish highlands, where about 1,500 humans live. Since the macaque went on the lam, his fate had drawn reporters who waited nearby for updates on the monkey’s location. “Everybody is rooting for this monkey,” said Carl Nagle, a Kincraig resident who spotted the monkey on Sunday in his backyard, apparently snacking on even more birdfeed. “He must be having a ball living his best life.”For his part, Mr. Nagle said he was “hugely relieved,” that the monkey was caught, saying that he needed to return to his troop. “This is ridiculous — and yet it is somehow perfect,” Mr. Nagle said.
Persons: , Keith Gilchrist, Carl Nagle, Nagle, “ It’s, Mr Organizations: Wildlife Locations: Honshu, Kingussie, Scottish
Was it a longing for freedom, for friends or for snacks that pushed the monkey to make his daring getaway? He has evaded the hands of animal keepers who have been chasing him since Sunday, when he escaped from an enclosure in the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland, and fled into the Scottish highlands. Park officials have brought in thermal drones to help them search for the animal and have asked residents to report sightings. The monkey’s life on the lam has brought a whirlwind of media attention to the relatively remote communities of Kingussie and Kincraig (combined population: about 1,500 humans). Amused residents, who have given the animal the nickname “Kingussie Kong,” have found themselves invested in its fate, and journalists have followed animal keepers as they have swept the hills.
Persons: Kingussie Organizations: Wildlife Locations: Kingussie, Scotland, Scottish, Kingussie Kong
Long distanceAfter Dan visited Gabriella in Italy, Gabriella visited Dan in the US. Gabriella Vagnoli and Dan WatlingA couple of months later, Gabriella planned a trip to the US to visit Dan in Chicago. But despite being tired from the flight, Gabriella felt immediately welcomed by Dan’s family. Gabriella Vagnoli and Dan WatlingToday, Gabriella and Dan live in Seattle with their two teenage kids. While a love of adventure unites them, Gabriella and Dan insist they’re quite different in many other ways.
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I did a lot of solo travel in my 20s but I like it even better in my 30s. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Friends would come and go, and at the time, I thought this was how travel was supposed to be. I've since realized some of the best evenings come from staying in with good friends. The people I met in hostels were friends I'd drink with — we felt no need to talk about feelings or real-life problems.
Persons: I've, , Hayley Domin I've, Hayley Domin, I'm, that's Organizations: Service, Scottish Highlands Locations: Croatian
A Range Rover was sold for $165,000 after evidence emerged that it probably belonged to Queen Elizabeth II. AdvertisementA 2004 Range Rover with suspected ties to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has shattered auction records, selling for $165,000. The auction's outcome was more than double the pre-sale estimate of £60,000, or $75,000 — 10 times the usual price for a second-hand Range Rover that old. AdvertisementBefore the video's discovery, the only original ownership information was a letter from Jaguar Land Rover, which builds the Ranger Rover, identifying warranty recalls in July 2004 at a Land Rover dealer in London's high-end Mayfair district and one in Aberdeen, Scotland. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, spent 16 years designing his own hearse: a modified Land Rover.
Persons: Queen Elizabeth II, Historics Auctioneers, , HRH Prince Phillip, The Duke, Edinburgh, Tim Graham, Historics, Historics Auctioneers Rob Hubbard, Duke, Prince Philip , Duke of Edinburgh Organizations: Service, Rover, Jaguar, Land Rover, Scottish Highlands, Windsor Horse, Royal Windsor Horse, Getty, Vehicle, Epsom, Rovers Locations: Birmingham, Mayfair, Aberdeen, Scotland, Balmoral, Scottish, Windsor , England, Epsom Green, Windsor
LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - From scaling mountains and cranes to coming face-to-face with crocodiles and snakes, contestants travel the world tackling James Bond-inspired challenges in new TV adventure series "007: Road To A Million" in the hope of winning 1 million pounds ($1.2 million). "The idea is really to put ordinary people into a James Bond adventure and we didn't quite know how that would work out," executive producer David Glover told Reuters. "It's thrilling because... they're really not James Bond but they have heart and they're lovely and... they're heroic in their own way." [1/3]An assistant poses with the James Bond 007 Special Issue 2020 UK Seven-Kilo Gold Proof Coin, the largest coin ever made by The Royal Mint, in London, Britain, March 2, 2020. I thought 'well maybe if I do this, it's probably the nearest I'll ever get to (being a Bond villain),'" Cox said.
Persons: James Bond, Brian Cox, David Glover, they're, Cox, haven't, Henry Nicholls, it's, James, Joey Bone, James Bone, Bond, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G, Wilson, Daniel Craig, Broccoli, Hanna Rantala, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, The Royal Mint, REUTERS, Scottish Highlands, Thomson Locations: Scottish, London, Britain
Claire Segeren and her boyfriend bought a Victorian house in the Scottish Highlands by accident. They bid on the wrong property in an auction and spent four years renovating the derelict house. We accidentally bought a crumbling Victorian villa at an auctionThe couple were shocked when they saw the villa in person. From the auction brochure, the couple weren't too concernd Claire SegerenHe left the auction in a panic and called me. The completed front room in the Scottish villa.
Persons: Claire Segeren, , Cal Hunter, We'd, Cal Joshua Sivarajah, Cal, It's, Claire Segeren Cal, van, Joshua Sivarajah Cal, Jameswood, Segeren, we've, could've, Segeren wouldn't Organizations: Scottish Highlands, Service, Canada, University of Glasgow School of Medicine, Cal, Jameswood Villa, eBay Locations: Scottish, Scotland, Canada, Hull, England, French, Glasgow, Jameswood Villa, Sandbank, Dunoon
Inside Passalacqua, the 'world's best hotel'
  + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Maria Pasquale | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
CNN —The “best hotel in the world” was built by a pope and was regularly visited by one of Italy’s most famous opera composers. On 19 September in London at the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels, the hotel on Lake Como was named number one. Passalacqua didn’t invent the term villeggiatura, but her every detail embodies it – a romantic 18th century villa turned faultless luxury hotel where you come to exhale and leave your worries behind. Rooms without a lake view start at 1,300 euros ($1,381) per night or 1,700 euros ($1,806) for a view in November – lowest season. Next summer, rates rise to 2,300 euros ($2,443) for a standard room without a lake view, or 3,200 ($3,400) for the cheapest room with a view.
Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, , Silvio Vettorello, , Passalacqua, Vincenzo Bellini, Stefan Giftthaler Passalacqua, Antonella Mallone, Paolo De Santis, Valentina De Santis, Valentina, De Santis, “ Passalacqua, , Ruben Ortiz, Passalacqua –, Vincenzo Bellini –, Alessandro Rinaldi, Vettorello, Jane Austen, ” Maria Pasquale, Rome Organizations: CNN, intel, Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Moors Locations: London, Como, Carrara, Verona, Milanese, Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italian, Italy, Yorkshire, Rome
The Flying Scotsman Locomotive Collided With Another Train in Scotland. Several People Were InjuredSeveral people have been injured after the Flying Scotsman historic steam locomotive was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands
Organizations: Scotsman, Scottish Locations: Scotland
But this new Airbnb listing in the Scottish Highlands is an exception to the rule. Shrek’s “swamp” is located on the grounds of Ardverikie Estate, a 19th-century Scottish mansion in the Scottish Highlands, some 60 miles south of the city of Inverness. One-off experienceShrek's home is located in the Scottish Highlands. While vacationers will need to organize their own travel to and from the Highlands location, their sojourn at Shrek’s house will be free. Alix McIntosh/AirbnbIf images provided by Airbnb are anything to go by, vacationers can expect a faithful recreation of Shrek’s humble, swampy abode.
Persons: it’s, Alix McIntosh, Airbnb, HopScotch, Baz Luhrmann, Barbie, , “ Outlander Organizations: CNN, Scottish Highlands, DreamWorks Locations: Scottish, Ardverikie, Inverness, Scotland, Moulin Rouge, Malibu , California, Balmoral, London, Bank
The swamp from DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek" has come to life, and it will be listed on Airbnb on October 13. The exterior of Shrek's Swamp looks just like the movie. DreamWorks/AirbnbOn the listing, Shrek's best friend and sidekick Donkey is listed as the host of the studio with two beds and one bathroom. DreamWorks/AirbnbAround the swamp, in Highland Council, Scotland, there are trails to explore and endless nature for picnics, according to the listing. AdvertisementAdvertisementIf you miss out on booking Shrek's Swamp, there are also unique stays like a seashell house, treehouses, and converted grain silos on the booking platform.
Persons: Airbnb, , isn't, Shrek's, Donkey Organizations: DreamWorks, Service, Scottish Highlands Locations: Scotland, Airbnb, Highland Council
Shrek's Swamp will be available for a three night stay from Oct. 27 to Oct. 29. Three months after offering a stay at Barbie's Malibu DreamHouse, Airbnb's latest stunt is a long weekend at Shrek's Swamp. "Ogre enthusiasts can find peace and quiet watching the leaves fall in this mud-laden, moss-covered, murky-watered oasis that is Shrek's Swamp," the listing for the property based on DreamWorks' 2001 hit animated film reads. The bedroom is designed to look exactly how it does in the 2001 animated film. The stay even features Shrek's outhouse.
Persons: Airbnb's, Alix McIntosh Organizations: Malibu, DreamWorks, Scottish Highlands Locations: Scottish
200 volunteers are searching for the Loch Ness monster this weekend. The operation in the Scottish Highlands is the biggest of its kind in 50 years. These are not just people "with binoculars and a tub of sandwiches," insists Paul Nixon, head of Loch Ness Center. The effort is the biggest since 1972, when the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau carried out a study. They somehow became trapped in Loch Ness when a geological rupture cut it off from the sea.
Persons: Nessie, Paul Nixon, Loch, Alan McKenna, Alan Rawlinson Organizations: Scottish Highlands, Service, Daily Mail, Washington Post, New York Times, Scottish Highlands Getty, BBC, sounders, Inverness Locations: Scottish, Wall, Silicon, Loch Ness, Deepscan, Inverness Loch Ness
Opinion | The Case for Tourism
  + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
Agnes Callard, a University of Chicago philosopher, infuriated various portions of the internet in June with an essay making the case against travel. Though really it was the case against tourism, since Callard exempted many forms of travel — for work or study, for personal or political reasons or charitable service — from her critique. The traveler departs confident that she will come back with the same basic interests, political beliefs and living arrangements. So I refrained from any comment on her thesis, assuming — like every other self-deluded tourist — that I would return more enlightened than before. But casting my mind back to that distant prior self, I dimly remember having two reactions to Callard’s essay.
Persons: Agnes Callard, Walker Percy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Chesterton, Callard, Mona Lisa, , Percy Organizations: University of Chicago, Scottish Locations: G.K, France, Britain, Netherlands
Why Did 488 Golden Retrievers Gather in Scotland?
  + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Judith Newman | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
What is the sound of 488 golden retrievers barking? Imagine the sense of helplessness you might feel when someone’s baby is crying and you can’t solve the problem. Then multiply by, oh, 488. Then add in drenching rain and an onslaught of midges. For the photo, the owners were instructed to leash their dog to a stake in the ground and then scurry away for approximately 15 seconds so that the photographer, Lynn Kipps, could capture the wagging horde.
Persons: Lynn Kipps Locations: Scottish
Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. Literally, in Amleth’s case, as he hacks, stabs and cudgels his way over ramparts and through muddy dooryards and alleyways. — ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern (April 21, 2022)7. vanillin — the main part of vanilla extract:The treat is so beloved that Somerville is home to an annual What the Fluff? festival, where tens of thousands of people celebrate every possible use of the concoction, a mixture of corn syrup, sugar, egg white and vanillin. — In ‘Mandela: The Lost Tapes,’ a Veteran Journalist Finds Himself (Nov. 30, 2022)And the list of the week’s easiest words:
Persons: plena, — Bush, villanelle, Adam Giannelli’s paean, Proust, lollop —, palapa, appellee, Marshall, dooryard —, , Eggers —, vanillin, Somerville, napoleon, paean, Stewart, Mr, Gutfeld, paeans, Stengel, ‘ Mandela, Organizations: Scottish Highlands, Junior, Fox, Fox News, Locations: Puerto Rican, Mexico, Russia, Englanders, New York, Breton
The cats were bred and released by Saving Wildcats, a European project led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) in partnership with a group of conservation and governmental organizations. “It’s a really exciting milestone,” says Dr. Helen Senn, project lead for Saving Wildcats and head of conservation and science programs at RZSS. Saving Wildcats has taken every effort to ensure the captive-bred cats will have the instincts and hunting skills needed for survival in the wild. Saving Wildcats hopes to keep breeding and releasing around 20 kittens annually over the next few years to give the wild population the best chance of getting established. Wildcats could be drivers for healthier ecosystems because creating better habitat for them will benefit many other species, says Senn.
Persons: CNN — Young, , , Helen Senn, “ They’ve, “ We’re, Senn, we’ve Organizations: CNN, wildcats, Scottish Highlands, Saving Wildcats, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Highland, International Union for Conservation, Group, Wildcats, Cairngorms, , Wildcats Feline Locations: Britain, Scotland, Europe, England, Wales, Kincraig, Scottish
“We’re a tight knit little group.”Life-changing journeyChris Lewis met his partner, Kate Barron, while walking the UK coastline. Courtesy Chris Lewis and Kate Barron“So this lady just kind of wanders down all bubbly and chirpy,” he recalls. I never went home.”The couple, along with Jet, continued on, walking down the east coast of Scotland together, and then into England. According to Barron, Lewis tends to walk ahead on these occasions. Unsurprisingly, walking and camping with a baby has been a totally different experience for both of them.
Persons: CNN —, Christian Lewis, , Lewis, Caitlin, he’d, Kate Barron, Jet, Magnus, “ We’re, ” Lewis, Chris Lewis, Barron, Chris, , ” Barron, Cliff, Kate Barron “, ‘ I’ve, , Kate, Lewis ’, ” They’ve, Jet’s, She’ll, they’ve, we’re, “ Magnus, who’ve, she’s, That’s, ” He’s, ” “ I’d, “ Kate, We’re, “ I’ve, I’m Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Jet, , British Army’s Parachute Regiment Locations: Wales, Llangennith, Swansea, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Scottish, Shetland, Covid, North, St Abbs, Afghanistan, London, Inverness, England, Yorkshire, Dorset, Gower, North Devon, Ssafa
Pembrokeshire, Wales was one of the areas recognized by the British Geological Survey to be prospective for critical raw materials. Several large swathes of the U.K. on Monday were identified as prospective sites to search for critical raw materials, reflecting the country's push to deliver a domestic supply of rare earth minerals that are seen as crucial for a clean energy transition. Critical raw materials are economically important minerals and can be used to make the batteries and semiconductors that are vital to the global shift away from fossil fuels. The report was produced on behalf of the government-funded Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, the country's first-ever center established to collect and analyze information on the supply of critical minerals. The mapping of these prospective areas for critical raw materials represents one of the first steps in the U.K. government's critical minerals strategy.
Katie Macleod has traveled to 79 countries as a digital nomad. The 28-year-old graphic designer wants to visit 100 countries before turning 30. I was in Sri Lanka when the pandemic struck, making my goal of visiting 100 countries before turning 30 a bit more of a challenge. Traveling gives me freedom and being a digital nomad means adapting your surroundings to suit you. I've also found that networking online and within digital nomad hotspots is also beneficial.
I HAVE LONG been of the mind that the harder a place is to reach, the better it must be. That bit of folk wisdom hasn’t always worked to my advantage, but a trip to the west coast of Scotland left me more convinced than ever. The odyssey began at the former fishing village of Badachro, a 70-mile drive west from the city of Inverness. Those driving the scenic North Coast 500 route detour here for elevated pub grub at the Badachro Inn, with its views of Loch Gairloch. He issues each visitor a passport; mine was number 14,933.
‘Wildheart’ Review: Saga of a Scots Pine on PBS
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Making a single tree the star of a wildlife special wouldn’t seem like the path to electrifying programming, but “Wildheart”—titled after the 500-year-old Scots pine at the center of this “Nature” presentation—is not just enchanting in its approach to the flora, fauna and history of the Scottish Highlands, but a novel way to get into the subject, even if the process does take anthropomorphism to new heights. The tree in question, treated as a character in its own drama by narrator Thoren Ferguson , has been a mute witness to history since Mary Queen of Scots was a child; in a fanciful bit of dramatic recreation, the tiny royal tosses a pine cone, which takes root in the country where she was crowned at nine months of age, betrothed to the son of Henry VIII of England and, after treaties fell apart and tension mounted, secreted away in what the Romans had dubbed the Caledonian forest. By 1549, when the pine had attained a height of about two feet, Mary was already in France, temporarily safe from dynastic battles and French-English-Scottish politics.
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