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...over his head can live out dreams of football stardom he never even imagined he had. But in the topsy-turvy world of Scottish-American football, anything can happen (that’s American football--—where there are quarterbacks, not goalies-—played in Scotland...
...make their drink taste less like gin. By lightening up on the juniper and amping up other flavors, they hope to make gin more palatable for a new generation--and woo vodka drinkers. Some of the best of the new brew: Hendrick's, a small-batch cult favorite from Scotland that uses cucumber and rose petals for a creamy edge; Damrak, a Dutch gin that offers citrus and hints of lemon peel, orange and coriander; and WET by Beefeater, which is infused with pear and, as its name suggests, is less dry than traditional blends...
...lunch followed by the 2:30 p.m. tour. Don't forget to allow for time to take in the seals basking on the harbor's rocks and to visit Kildalton High Cross, built in A.D. 800. And be sure to sneak a small flask into your pocket and walk. Scotland is a spiritually beautiful country, and a wee drink makes it all the more...
...July as last year, and predicts its yearly numbers will increase by at least 25%. General Tours, a U.S.-based travel company, is offering an all-inclusive eight-day travel "adventure" this month in the footsteps of Robert Langdon, the book's protagonist, visiting sites in France, England and Scotland. Cost: $2,900 to $3,800, including airfare, tel: (1-603) 357 5033. "A lot of this is simply clever entrepreneurialism," says Stuart Beattie, Rosslyn's project director. Not that he intends to miss the rush: joining the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, the association which in the novel guards the secret...
...with some other high-profile art-theft cases, the outcome is still in doubt. Last year two men posing as tourists stole Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder from Drumlanrig Castle near Dumfries, Scotland. That case is still unsolved. So is the most spectacular art robbery in the U.S., the 1990 break-in at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Thieves disguised as policemen made off with 13 pictures, including a Manet, three Rembrandts and Vermeer's magnificent small canvas The Concert...