UK Kingdom Travel Journal—Day 13
Today was a travel day. We drove from Dornoch, via Loch Ness and Stirling, arriving in Gullane, east of Edinburgh
Today was a travel day. We drove from Dornoch, via Loch Ness and Stirling, arriving in Gullane, east of Edinburgh
Today we played golf at Royal Dornoch, one of the top golf courses in the world. Yesterday at dinner we
We said goodbye to St. Andrews today. But before we did we had to make one more stop—St. Salvator Chapel.
After golf in the morning on the New Course at St. Andrews and lunch at The Jigger Inn, we set
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
We had originally planned to journey away from Prague to some Hus sites, but given the problems I wrote about
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