MasterCard Global Destinations Index Based on projections for the rest of this year, London is again claiming victory over arch-rivals Paris and Bangkok for the title of most-visited city. It’s held the honor 5 times in 7 years,…
For no better reason than I rather like this picture, please allow me to show you the island of Portland in Dorset, England, at low tide as the sun sets on a late winter’s afternoon.
Gardens and their houses have often been the focus of my travels, in Europe and the United States. The gardens are most important, the houses also of great interest to me.
This past week, Cunard celebrated its 175th anniversary, and stage a show of its Three Queens (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2) in the Mersey at Liverpool. But one of its storied Queens was in distress.
On long walks, day after day along a river, it’s impossible not to notice the boats, many of them progressing not much faster than I.
Here is a quirky piece of sculpture that you don’t see every day! The pieces are three Ichthyosaurs fashioned from decommissioned naval torpedoes and celebrate
May 27, 1940—75 years ago today—was the first day of the evacuation of Allied (mostly British) troops from the French port of Dunkirk across the English Channel to Dover and other British ports.
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around ‘the Bill’, but his scheme fell through.
This is not your regular houseboat. It’s a complete two-bedroom residence complete with a lawn, a tree and a doghouse. Airbnb built it on a
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit ‘the Bill’….
MasterCard Global Destinations Index Based on projections for the rest of this year, London is again claiming victory over arch-rivals Paris and Bangkok for the title of most-visited city. It’s held the honor 5 times in 7 years,…
For no better reason than I rather like this picture, please allow me to show you the island of Portland in Dorset, England, at low tide as the sun sets on a late winter’s afternoon.
Gardens and their houses have often been the focus of my travels, in Europe and the United States. The gardens are most important, the houses also of great interest to me.
This past week, Cunard celebrated its 175th anniversary, and stage a show of its Three Queens (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2) in the Mersey at Liverpool. But one of its storied Queens was in distress.
On long walks, day after day along a river, it’s impossible not to notice the boats, many of them progressing
Here is a quirky piece of sculpture that you don’t see every day! The pieces are three Ichthyosaurs fashioned from
May 27, 1940—75 years ago today—was the first day of the evacuation of Allied (mostly British) troops from the French port of Dunkirk across the English Channel to Dover and other British ports.
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around ‘the Bill’, but his scheme fell through.
This is not your regular houseboat. It’s a complete two-bedroom residence complete with a lawn, a tree and a doghouse.
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit ‘the Bill’….
