Bronzes along the way

Updated to add that a week after I posted this, Sir Nicholas Winton died, aged 106. I join many in … More

Terminus

London doesn’t have one central station, it has multiple stations arranged around what was the edge of the city in … More

The Great Western Railway was founded in the 1830s (corrected after the comment below!) to connect London and Bristol by … More

The Great Western rail line has a set of 4 tracks: 1 set main out of London, 1 set main … More

As I mentioned in February I have been working full time recently to earn some money to fund future adventures. After … More

The Museum of Surgical Science includes a room dedicated to the pioneers of medicine. For daily pictures you can … More

I am always a little bit amused by the definition of ‘old’ in the US when compared to European architecture. … More

When I lived in Zürich, I visited the Fraumünster and was awed by the stained glass windows there created by … More

My last journey on this USA Rail Pass was on the Cardinal from Charlottesville back to Chicago. A friend was … More

Having toured Monticello, I didn’t get a chance to visit the University of Virginia, another popular tourist attraction. Instead, I … More