SCOTLAND: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HEROES

PART 2: BELFAST TO CAIRNRYAN AND LIVERPOOL BIRKENHEAD TO BELFASTCAN DO: 92-year-old Tartan terror Tom GilzeanThe world of electronics — and rascally scrap metal thieves — will be forever grateful to the two fellas who were walking down Aberdeen’s Union Street many years ago and spotted a halfpenny on...

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Destination Austin: Franklin Barbecue

Brisket, sausage, potato salad, slaw, and a Big RedOn a dreary Wednesday morning I was sitting on metal patio furniture, hoping that the clouds above my head didn't bring rain. I was entering the second hour of my barbecue trials. Despite arriving at 9:30 in the morning, I wasn't first in line for a...

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ISTANBUL: THE BAZAAR WORLD OF BELLY DANCING AND BOUZOUKIS BY THE BOSPHORUS

TIME TO GLOW: Twilight descends on magical IstanbulMy colleague was singing You And I by Lady Gaga while the house band — a fiddler, a fella banging the bejaysus out of a big bass drum and a whistling bouzouki player — accompanied her with what sounded suspiciously like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. At...

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