Excellent adventures in travel
Monday was our last morning in York. We started the day with a bit of Edwardian elegance: breakfast at Betty’s Cafe. Started in 1919, Betty’s interior is meant to evoke sailing (first class) on the Queen Mary. Third class sailing would have been a somewhat different experience, methinks. Then we wandered through the Shambles. One … Read more
Sunday was blustery with sunny patches. We took the train from York to Malton, then taxied to Castle Howard. (Our original plan – the 181 bus direct from York to the estate – went bust when we realized the bus didn’t run on Sundays.) Seat of the Dukes of Norfolk, this is a grand house … Read more
We are in York at the start of our Northeast England adventures. Transport from Denver was uneventful for us, not so much for the lady-of-a-certain age who spent much of the trip stretched out in the mid-ships galley with an IV in her arm. I envied her the stretched-out bit. She was lively, back in … Read more
Last words before we hop the plane for the long journey home… and late breaking news from the Traveler. Since Century Link decided to silence the server hosting my blog site at the start of our Fall 2017 trip to England, I was forced back to Facebook for travel posts. Facebook is a dreadful blogging … Read more
Windsor Castle in the afternoon. (The queen was not in residence, sadly.) No interior shots allowed, alas. Windsor abounds in gargoyles and grotesques – my favorite guttersnipes! We heard sung Evensong in the glorious St. George chapel, seat of the Knights of the Garter (including Lady Knights) and a wonder of Gothic architecture … Read more