Robin Hood
Robin Hood Statue, Nottingham It’s doubtful that Nottinghamshire’s most famous resident ever actually lived, yet it’s equally certain that a number of people in medieval [Read More…]
AuthorChuck Ros
Cemeteries, Part 3 of 3 – Happy Halloween!
Istanbul, Turkey “This is what I expected, but not so soon.” William Reese, somewhere in New England. Died 1872 Holyhead Island, Ireland Istanbul, Turkey “That’s [Read More…]
Cemeteries, Part 2 of 3
Eastham Village, England “Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange.” Sir John Strange, Politician & Barrister, Rolls Chapel, Kings College, London, UK. Died [Read More…]
Cemeteries, Part 1 of 3
Eastham Village, England Halloween is just around the corner, so we thought it would be fun to give you a few blogs featuring some of [Read More…]
A Sunday Drive in the Cotswolds
Our Driving Route Tour of the Cotswolds For postcard-perfect touring and hundreds of pictures of quintessentially English thatched-roof houses, fields of sheep partitioned by low [Read More…]
In the Birthplace of the Bard
From The House Shakespeare Might Have Been Born In Shakespeare wrote in the dozen or so years before 1600 and the dozen or so years [Read More…]
We’re Back in the UK!
Friday, 17 October, 2014. We flew on Turkish Air. We paid an extra $10 per ticket to fly with them because they brag about being [Read More…]
Final Thoughts on Turkey
One of the “bonus” museums we got with our Istanbul museum card was the Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam. [Read More…]
Istanbul’s Archaeology and Mosaic Museums
Assyrian Reliefs: It’s Not a Purse, It’s Assyrian! This empty nest travel blog couple bought a 3-day Istanbul museum card in part because it gave [Read More…]
Hagia Sophia: Church, Mosque, Museum
Hagia Sophia It appears regularly in movies, usually east-meets-west spy thrillers or Dan Brown-esque conspiracies where a certain Christian-Muslim-secular mystery and intrigue is required. The [Read More…]