York Minster East Window Closeups, Part 2
We continue yesterday’s blog with more up-close views of the east stained glass windows from the York Minster Cathedral. The artist depicts the book of [Read More…]
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York Minster East Window Closeups, Part 1
Our Typical View of Stained Glass Windows The stained glass windows of the York Minster Cathedral in York, England are the oldest medieval windows in [Read More…]
The York Minster Cathedral
A Transept Window at the York Minster I will admit that when Lori said we had to go to the York Minster Cathedral I was [Read More…]
A Trio of York, England Guided Tours
Our “Free” York City Tour In our half-dozen trips to Europe, we’ve taken perhaps a half-dozen guided tours; three of them occurred within a twenty-four [Read More…]
Britain’s National Railway Museum, York
The Ultra-Sleek Duchess of Hamilton Britain’s National Railway Museum in York is a delight for two quite different museum-goers. First, there are the men–like Chuck–who [Read More…]
An English Cemetery
Perhaps this blog would be better timed on Halloween, but we find cemeteries–especially the old ones of Europe–to be such fascinating places to visit that [Read More…]
Liverpool’s Dueling Cathedrals
Not so long ago, some people had plans to build the largest church in the world in Liverpool, England. The Roman Catholic cathedral for the [Read More…]
Notes from our Time in Manchester, England
Machester Cathedral While our interlude in England has only been 2 and a half weeks, we realize that’s longer than most people take for an [Read More…]
Rediscovering the Beatles in Liverpool
We were born in 1965, which means that we’re too young to have been caught up in Beatlemania first-hand. It feels good to say that: [Read More…]
2 Splendid English Churches
Saint Mary the Blessed Virgin Church, Eastham Village, England One day during our time in Manchester, England we took a train to the nearby town [Read More…]