The theme for our travel pics this week is L for London – and the images all come from our visit to see our son in 2010. First up is the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens. It was built on the instructions of Queen Victoria to honour her consort, Prince Albert, who died of typhoid…
The theme for our travel pics this week is F, for Flowers. Today’s image comes from a garden in London – Kensington Gardens, from memory. We were there to catch up with our son, who was working in London at the time, and our daughter who was, coincidentally, passing through the city on her…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s St Thomas and St Edmunds, in the heart of Salisbury, UK. We showed you an image of Salisbury Cathedral earlier this week – but this (much smaller) church is actually just as interesting. It was the church built to serve the workmen who…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s St John’s Anglican Cathedral, in Napier, NZ. Unlike many of the churches in this series, this one isn’t ancient – in fact, it’s hardly even historic. It was built in the art deco style – as befits a church which replaces one…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches Today, it’s a sweet little church, call Saint James at Avebury. I’m an Australian. We’ve only had European settlement (and hence, permanent structures) here for about 230 years. So to find a little church, in a little village, that has been standing for more than a…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches.. Today, we are in England – at Salisbury Cathedral. This church is more than 750 years old, and is one of the best remaining examples of Early English Gothic architecture. It’s only about 15km from what may have been an earlier religious…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s Tower Bridge, in London. You know the old song about “London Bridge is Falling Down”? This is, despite common misconception, NOT that bridge. In fact London Bridge was sold to an American many years ago. This, on the other hand,…
