Sure, the easy way to discover a country is to use the road network and make photo stops. If you want to get to know a place, though, you need to make some detours without a vehicle and start to wander. Ensure you have a map, but also be prepared to get lost. Only if you discover on your own will you see true beauty and make the journey yours.
The colors of the city are changing as the cold season approaches.
The eternal cycle of life and death continues, and nature is shutting down to awake anew in a couple of months, allowing for some quiet time of reflection and gratitude.
Scotland is a country blessed with beautiful nature and a rich historical past. It is the country of philosophers like Adam Smith or poets like Roberts Burns and Sir Walter Scott. The writer of Ivanhoe was an intensely romantic person and made the history and traditions of Scotland famous again at a moment in time when they ran the risk of being forgotten. The kilt and the pipes became known once more, and even English kings, not always kind to their neighbors in the north, began to wear the traditional Scottish garments. Sir Walter Scott was so in love with his motherland that he built a romantic castle as a residence in the Borderlands. The architectural style is a mixture of different historical periods. It became the prototype for similar houses around Great Britain and the world in the 19th century.
Inveraray Castle is situated close to Loch Fyne in the mighty Highlands of Scotland. The building is part of a large Estate belonging to the Dukes of Argyll, a branch of the Campbell family. The castle was built in the middle of the 18th century but was remodelled in large parts after a fire in 1877. In 2019, Inveraray still belongs to the Campbell family but is open to visitors as well. Part of the Estate is also a beautiful garden, a forest, and a cattle farm with highland cows.
Shot in Scotland at the Loch (Lake) Linnhe in August 2019.
The colourful side of Copenhagen, Denmark. Shot in September 2019.
Michael Hoffman Photography 
