Tag: History

Canterbury is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Anglican Church. He is to the Anglican

Today was an all-Oxford day. The Wife did a great job of hiring a private tour guide for Oxford—a 2nd

We spent a relaxing morning at our hotel, the Old Parsonage Hotel, in Oxford. One of the best parts of

When we strolled out of London’s Heathrow Airport to the pick-up area we were supposed to be met by a

The UK Kingdom Travel Journal tour is underway. As I write this, we are somewhere over the Atlantic on our

Our big day had finally arrived. We were sitting in the lounge at 8:30 a.m. waiting for the cruise director

We left Dresden early this morning and arrived in Meissen by 8:00 a.m. If you know porcelain, you know of

It is 6:12 p.m and I am finally sitting down to write. Actually, I’m writing while the gals and our

The Elbe River has its origin in the Krkonoše Mountains on the northwest border of the Czech Republic and ends

Following the death of Jan Hus, the Hussite movement continued to gain strength spreading into other parts of Bohemia (now

Our only excursion today was to the Lobkowicz Palace. The Lobkowicz family can trace their roots to the 14th century. They

We had originally planned to journey away from Prague to some Hus sites, but given the problems I wrote about

We had previously arranged for a private five-hour tour and emphasized to our tour guide we were interested Jan Hus,

If you’ve ever travelled to Europe from the United States you know that flights generally leave in the afternoon and