How Do You Know This Stuff?
A Reading Room of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, England One of the questions I’m often asked by our friends and family about our travel [Read More…]
AuthorChuck Ros
Picture-Perfect Peak District Villages
Your intrepid travel blog couple so enjoyed putting together our Sunday Drive in the Cotswolds driving tour that we put together another tour of the [Read More…]
Chesterfield, England’s Twisty-Spired Church
It is perhaps one of the most unusual sights in all of the United Kingdom. The 230 foot tall twisted spire of The Parish Church [Read More…]
29 Years And Counting
Today’s our anniversary, so you’ll forgive us if we keep this brief. 29 years ago today we were married at Saint Joseph’s church in Gulfport [Read More…]
A Walk in Sherwood Forest
Yes, Sherwood Forest is indeed a real place. With every other aspect of the Robin Hood stories seemingly legend, it’s completely forgivable to have thought [Read More…]
Chatsworth House: England’s Biltmore Mansion
Chatsworth House Biltmore Mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, is sometimes referred to as a palace of American royalty, specifically the Vanderbilt family. Biltmore is a [Read More…]
Antiquing & Flea Markets in England
See that silver purse Lori’s got a death grip on? She paid £4 for it. That’s about $7, or less than 6 Euros for goodness [Read More…]
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
Americans, for the most part, know that there’s any significance to this date–the 5th of November–from the movie “V for Vendetta” and the graphic novel [Read More…]
Robin Hood Pageant, Nottingham
A Joust! One of the questions this nomadic empty-nest travel couple is asked by friends and family back home is whether we ever encounter language [Read More…]
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn and Pub One of the most common observations Americans make when they first visit Europe is just how old things [Read More…]