Though the skies are clear and the air mild for tourism in the hills of Scotland this time of year, right now is a lousy time to be a lamb there. Farmers in the Northwest highlands are reporting that 15 whitetail sea eagles, an endangered species, have wreaked havoc on the region, devouring more than 200 of their littlest sheep.]]>
We're big fans of UNESCO's Creative Cities program which so far has quite rightly crowned Berlin as a City of Design and let Santa Fe don the cap of City of Folk Art. This month a new creative city has stepped up: Glasgow has been official christened a UNESCO City of Music.
Being a City of Music, according to UNESCO, is meant to help Glasgow preserve its music culture as well as make it an extra-attractive tourist destination. Home to great indie bands like Franz Ferdinand and Belle & Sebastian, and with a typical week of music in the city totalling 127 different gigs, you'd be hard pressed not to find something musical to entertain you on a night out in Glasgow.
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We have to confess to just a tiny crush on Colin Firth, that quintessential English gentleman who we adored in "Bridget Jones's Diary" and is starring in "Mamma Mia!" soon. This tiny crush means we are very, very open to the travel suggestions he made recently in the UK Times.
Colin's especially keen on the desert, like the stuff you find in the northern Sahara in Tunisia, but it sounds like the place on earth that he'd most recommend is the west of Scotland.
He's vacationed in that part of Britain more than once, but he's also spent time around Loch Fyne filming a movie and says it had an "impossibly romantic glow." Right: Adding west Scotland to our must-travel list now. We hope the charming Colin Firth will come along with us.
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If Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey knows one thing, it's how to appeal to his fan base. How else could we explain the strategic leaking to the press that, when Dempsey was filming his latest movie "Made of Honor" in Scotland, he decided to dress in a kilt. Briefless.
Too bad the "Grey's Anatomy" star claims he had to abandon this nod to tradition after getting some nasty fly bites. Between extraneous undershorts and putting DEET-y repellent on your naughty bits, we go for the shorts every time.
In "Made of Honor," which opens May 2, Dempsey plays a man who falls for his best lady friend (Michelle Monaghan) just as she's getting hitched. Sounds just like "My Best Friend's Wedding," but without Rupert Everett to make it all OK.
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· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
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