Recently, it was my birthday so I decided I would go home to visit my family in Scotland. I had a great week. I got to see some old friends and have a ball with my family. I learnt a few things too: Birds cough, the MOH's scale measures mineral hardness, and I am terrible at quizzes.
Throughout the week I didn't really visit anywhere new but went to see some of my old favourite haunts. A trip full of nostalgia.
First outing of the week and I went to see a library. A bit unconventional for a morning out but truly enjoyable. Dunfermline library has been renovated recently and a museum of the town's history has been added as well as a beautiful new garden.
https://www.onfife.com/venues/dunfermline-carnegie-library-galleries
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| View of part of the garden from ground level. |
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| Birds eye view of the garden from the building. |
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/aberdour-castle-and-gardens/
https://www.starz.com/series/outlander/episodes
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| Bees were loving the flowers in the borders |
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| View of the Castle from the terraces. |
https://www.edfringe.com/
However, this year I managed to somehow avoid the Fringe and went straight to one of my favourite galleries - National Galleries Scotland Modern 1 and 2. My mother and I went along to see the Jenny Saville exhibition currently on in the Modern 1 and found an unexpected gem when we went upstairs to see the exhibition of the extraordinary Raqib Shaw.
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery-modern-art
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/raqib-shaw-reinventing-old-masters
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| Landscaped lawn outside Modern 1 - Charles Jencks. |
