Tag: History

Today we happened to be in St. Andrews on the one day of the year where the town recreates the

St. Andrews is my favorite city in the world and has been since the first time I visited here in

We hated to leave York and talked about returning some day. York had provided pleasant surprises and I’m sure we

Today we said goodbye to the Old Parsonage Hotel. Our first stop of the day was St. Mary’s church in

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