Edinburgh Gets Rave Reviews
From the perspective of an anglophile like me, Edinburgh offers the best of both worlds. While its history, culture and traditions are inextricably linked to the rest of Great Britain,…
Travel: Salisbury Cathedral
Even though religion was not in my family’s upbringing, I have a confession to make: I am a sucker for ancient cathedrals and other historic places of worship. For devout…
Travel: Not-So-Jolly Olde England
The British tabloids reacted swiftly 10 days ago after Oprah Winfrey’s explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aired in the United Kingdom. One headline, for example, screamed in…
Travel: Prague Canal
This post will be short-and-sweet because partner Carol and I catch a flight in 12 hours for our first vacation in 14 months. The trip has a definite canal theme,…
Rue de Paris
Marie Antoinette would have been flabbergasted by the news. For the non-history buffs, Antoinette – the daughter of Holy Roman Empress Maria Teresa and the wife of King Louis XVI…
Image of the Week: Edinburgh Rooftops
Let’s make it a threefer! Two posts ago, this devout Anglophile finally got his act together by featuring an image from the United Kingdom. (It was a shot from London…
Image of the Week: Bath Vista
I’m on a roll! Since I had never featured an image from the United Kingdom until my last post, I thought I would follow it up with another. Let me…
Piccadilly Circus in the A.M.
Shame on me. Even though I’m an unabashed Anglophile, to date I haven’t featured a single image from the United Kingdom in any of my posts. Time to fix that!…