It makes for a memorable arrival through the incredible scenery of the Applecross hills and Cuillins of Skye – but for a less terrifying journey, opt for the calmer scenery of the coastal road.
Life is slower than on the mainland, traffic calmer and the scenery is surprisingly varied.
What to Do in Napa & Sonoma: Napa Hot Air Balloon Ride Follow the sun into the sky above Napa Valley, where calm conditions and stellar scenery make for prime ballooning.
As the train runs down the east shore of Tokyo Bay, the scenery starts to calm down.
Kerry's Spirit of Life centre, deep in the unspoilt Mani region, is on a rather smaller scale, but when we arrive there after a long drive through the stunning mountain scenery, a peculiar calm hangs over the place.
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Located on the Taimiami Trail way out into the Everglades, the scenery from the drive alone will calm your spirit.
The overwritten, aphoristic first volume of Thoreau's journals from 1837 may reflect not just his youth (he was born in 1817), but also his avoidance of the personal, with plush Romantic-era language (describing, for example, the shore's changing scenery as "far reaching and sublime, but ever calm and gently undulating").
He was captivated by the scenery - the harshness of its cliffs and the calm of the inland villages and, even after his return to France, he came back to the island several times.
Antidotes: Planned, scheduled time away; Friends in places other than financial and cultural capitals; hiking in natural scenery; physical and mental rest techniques to quickly calm you in the maelstrom; acting in the media like you're "just folks".
Faced with the opportunity to chew scenery, Nighy relies instead on quiet wit, presence and the calm mastery of craft.
