Comments on: WHEW!

By: Huntmmkk

Huntmmkk — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:37 +0000

Hi Diana. My friend and I just returned from Scotland. Of course the trip was planned because we simply had to visit all of the places we came to love through reading your books. We stayed in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival, attended the Tattoo (I even took home my own personal tattoo in the form of a thistle and celtic knot on my right hip) and met a few of the men who will perform in next years show!!! We took a shine to one particular fellow from the Netherlands who we named Fergus (after a while he actually started answering to this)! LOL We toured Inverness and stopped at Fort William on our way up to the Highlands. Trip of a lifetime!!! Loved Edinburgh so much, in fact, we are planning to return this winter for Hogmanay. Cheers!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:50:07 +0000

Hi Diana – I so loved hearing about Castle Stuart and your experience there!! My sister-in-law's family (named Stuarts, of course) own and run Castle Stuart and have spent most of their lives renovating and doing all they can to maintain the wonderful Scottish flavour of the castle!!!! It's definitely been a lifetime work of love for them!! So nice to hear you've been there and enjoyed it – and that your knee managed the steps!!!!!
I also just wanted to mention how much we have loved your books, and just can't wait for the next!!!!!! Thank you so much, for the adventure!!!!

By: Archaeologist

Archaeologist — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:05:40 +0000

So after 17 years of reading [and re-reading of course *g*] I never would have believed that I will actually be going to the Lake District and Scotland in a few weeks and with my red [now mixed with gray] haired husband …. ok he is short, but he's got it where it counts! *g* {I can't believe I just wrote that!! So, I am madly re-reading looking for place names, and am thinking this would be a fun topic to include in the next Companion volume. Suggested places like the 'arch of Ashness Bridge on Watendlath Tarn [Voyager chapter 14 Helwater, Sept. 1756, does it really exist? I am going to find out soon !!! Thanks for the tips on the Scotsman Hotel and the Castle Stuart with it's 99 steps. I am hoping my knees won't whine!
Any other tips are most appreciated.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:36:20 +0000

Diana,
We had a wonderful time seeing you during our Outlander tour. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for my husband and I. We enjoyed the singing of the potential musical, too. Just my humble suggestion is I hope a deep-voiced baritone could possibly be chosen to do Jaime since Jaime seems to be a man's man so to speak. I did comment to the other members of our group that Jaimes is tone-deaf, but we all just laughed.
Hope your knee is doing well.
Lana from the outlander tour.

By: KathyP

KathyP — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:05:03 +0000

Diana:
We also just returned from Scotland and London and were in Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival and saw the Military Tattoo on its first night. We loved Edinburgh and are ready to go back. I saw Jamie & Claire in every close I looked into along the Royal Mile. We also traveled to Inverness and Glasgow, enjoying Edinburgh & the Highlands the most.
I now have my husband hooked on your books (he's on Dragonfly in Amber). While in London we had a special access tour of Stonehenge which permits you and a couple dozen other folk to walk amongst the stones for 30 min. We just had to take pics of each other walking out from between stones. We, however, stayed in this century.
BTW, there is a direct Phoenix-London British Airways flight that isn't bad if you're lucky enough to obtain a last minute "upclass" as the Brits call it for World Traveller,giving you more room and I'm guessing better food. Then it's just a short hop from London to Edinburgh.

Patiently awaiting the next release of anything and in the meantime, doing a re-read of all (currently on Voyager).
Kathy

By: dp

dp — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:12:42 +0000

Dear Diana,
As usual another more that interesting account of your travels (how do you do soo much?). Two months ago I've been to Scotland, Edimburgh, the Highlands up to Orkney (what a place!) then London and Paris.Everything was beutifuly fantastic until we got to France, and the worst was the Charles de Gaule airport! totally agree with you.
We spent a night in Castle Stuart also at the top, had the place for the four of us since there weren't any other guest that day, was wonderful!!
The trip from Skye to Orkney has a very impressive beauty of it's own.I'll go back for more. The standing stones on Orkney better than Stonehenge.
Thanks once more for sharing all the very interesting thing you always do, with a perception very different from anybody
Dalma

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:47:04 +0000

Hey, Diana,
Castle Stuart? My sister and I stayed there a month ago, on the top floor, up all 99 steps. Caroline ran up all those steps with our two duffel bags in her hands. I can only dream of doing THAT. My knee replacements enjoyed the therapy(!) too, but unlike yours, mine set off all the alarms at the airport - a pain in the babushka. So glad your knees are doing better now and survived all the ups and downs in Edinburgh and I'm delighted that you had a grand old time.

Love reading your posts and keeping up with your goings-on, not to mention excerpts of your upcoming literary treasures! Thanks a bunch!

Marilyn

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:16:14 +0000

Wow, and I thought I did a lot of walking at Fergus! *g* Glad to hear the knee is holding up nicely and how great is it to come home to the ecstasy of furbabies? My lab/husky mix just about wriggled right out of his skin to have mom home.

Maria

By: sticksandstones

sticksandstones — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:23:54 +0000

Wow! I am already in awe of you Diana in every which way: your personality, your accessiblity to your fans and of course the way that you are able to create the perfect blend of historical research and fiction AND THEN to read Shona's comment… you are truly amazing and a gift to us all.

By: Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:37:02 +0000

Dear Shona--

Thank you!

--Diana