Ibiza Primer 2 of 3: History
For the most part, the two and half millennia of the populated history of Ibiza could be described as peaceful, bucolic, and agrarian. That is [Read More…]
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Ibiza Primer 1 of 3: Geography
A few of the people we told we were going to Ibiza in May had that that sounds familiar look on their face. Ibiza is as [Read More…]
Our Bummer Visit to Barcelona
“Bummer” is not a word I’d ever thought I’d use in a description of a visit to Barcelona. As we related in this blog a [Read More…]
Land Ho! Maderia, Portugal
After seven full days at sea, it was an event to see anything other than open ocean. On day five we passed a cargo ship [Read More…]
Robotic Cow Milking in Scotland
“So what did you guys do while in Europe for 6 months?” “Well, we visited seven amazing countries, saw tons of great things, and met [Read More…]
Hadrian’s Wall, The “Great Wall of Britain”
Hadrian’s Wall When Julius Caesar set foot on British soil, he took a few looks around, pulled his scarf and coat on a little more [Read More…]
England’s Loki Stone
England’s Loki Stone If you’ve watched a few superhero movies lately, you know that Loki is a figure from Norse Mythology. That he was Thor’s [Read More…]
Christmas “Fayres” in Cumbria
Christmas Tree and Lights, Kirkby Stephen England One of the things we’ve most looked forward to this year was spending some of the holiday season [Read More…]
A Traditional English Pantomime
A few days after our arrival in Kirkby Stephen, a picture-perfect little village in the English Cumbrian countryside, we were presented with an opportunity to [Read More…]
3 Generations of Tudor Monarchs at London’s National Portrait Gallery
King Henry VIII One afternoon in London we popped into the National Portrait Gallery, a wing of London’s National Gallery museum (housing–do we need to [Read More…]