Excellent adventures in travel
The Lion in Winter is my favorite movie of all time. The Plantagenet family gathered all together for another happy Christmas: Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Peter O’Toole as Henry II, a very young Anthony Hopkins (debuting on the silver screen) as young Richard Lionheart, presented in quintessential medieval glory/squalor – what’s not … Read more
Monday – Tuesday was a long, long day: bus to DIA, plane to O’Hare, layover, plane to DeGaulle, long layover, train to Avignon, car to flat. Since French planes and trains are still on strike, there was a great deal of itinerary mucking about, which plumb tuckered Matt out. Our home-from-home for the 9 … 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
A gorgeous early morning ferry ride from Yarmouth to Lymington (on the mainland). Then on to Winchester Cathedral (the only cathedral immortalized in pop music with bassoon riffs), dating back to Saxon times. We had a fabulous guided tour by Hal, one of the platoon of volunteers offering tours every 20 minutes. Jane Austin is buried … Read more