Inside the Italian Chapel

Orkney Islands: Whiskey and the Italian Chapel

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May 16th 2016
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands…. North of Scotland! 59 Degrees North Can you imagine, today we are at the far northern end of Scotland in the Orkney Islands. We are at the same latitude as Oslo, Norway, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Juneau, Alaska. As we come into the port at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, our first thought is how much the countryside looks like the Falkland Islands, except there ... read more

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