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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

England, Great Western, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Paddington Bear, Paddington Station, Sir Nicholas Winton, train, travel, UK, United Kingdom

Terminus

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

bicycle rack, commute, England, Great Western Railway, London, Paddington, station, train, travel, UK, United Kingdom

Great Western

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

England, Great Western, train, travel, UK, United Kingdom

Pangbourne station

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

commute, England, Great Western, Pangbourne, train, travel, UK, United Kingdom

Commuting

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

commute, England, Great Western, train, travel, UK, United Kingdom

Struwwelpeter

Heinrich Hoffmann was born in 1809 in Frankfurt and trained there as a doctor specialising in psychiatry; running Frankfurt’s lunatic asylum. … More

children's stories, Europe, Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Heinrich Hoffmann, Public art, Struwwelpeter, travel

El Lissitsky Allee

Regular readers will know that I like, appreciate and share public art.  I often wonder whether artists know how their … More

Europe, Germany, Lissitsky, Public art, Schwalbach, travel

Three temples in one day

The third temple we visited that day was Ditan (“Temple of Earth“) Park which is home to the Temple of … More

China, Ditan, temple, Temple of Earth, travel

Another temple – Confucian this time

We came out of the Lama Temple and had a better look at the road the entrance was in. There … More

Beijing, China, Confucius, temple, travel

Around the Lama Temple

Yonghe Gate, originally the main entrance to it is now called Devaraja Hall (Hall of the Heavenly Kings), as there … More

Arhat, Beijing, Buddha, China, Lama Temple, Lamasery, travel

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