{"id":14267,"date":"2018-04-10T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14267"},"modified":"2018-03-21T06:08:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T10:08:52","slug":"i-is-for-inverness-2018-atoz-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14267","title":{"rendered":"I is for Inverness ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14230\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/I.jpg\" alt=\"Inverness\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/I.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/I-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">I is for Inverness<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d34308.45025159919!2d-4.269374060591323!3d57.490629168897456!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x488f715b2d17de2b%3A0x624309d12e3ec43d!2sInverness%2C+UK!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1520628232326\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re back in Scotland today visiting the city of Inverness. Straddling the River Ness, this city lies at the mouth (Inver means mouth) of the river where it meets the Moray Firth.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the Town House has been undergoing refurbishment. To hide the ugly scaffolding, they came up with this ingenious idea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14419\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_0557-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"I is for Inverness\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_0557-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_0557-1280x1920-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_0557-1280x1920-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_0557-1280x1920-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shroud looks like curtains opening revealing the inside of this grand building. But better still, the curtains look like the front facade.<\/p>\n<p>The building was recently unveiled and you can see the restored exterior at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41775600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I is for Inverness 2018 #AtoZ Challenge We&#8217;re back in Scotland today visiting the city of Inverness. Straddling the River Ness, this city lies at the mouth (Inver means mouth) of the river where it meets the Moray Firth. In recent years, the Town House has been undergoing refurbishment. To hide the ugly scaffolding, they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14267\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I is for Inverness ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,877],"tags":[1070],"class_list":["post-14267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atozchallenge","category-inverness","tag-atozchallenge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I is for Inverness ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today&#039;s post I is for Inverness comes to you direct from the city of Inverness, Scotland. 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