After our visit to the National Gallery, we hopped onto a boat on the Thames and drifted downstream to visit the borough of Greenwich. This
Displaying an unsurpassed collection of European paintings from 1250 to 1900 – including works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Turner ,Van Gogh, and the Impressionists
Just about every visitor to London strolls along historic Whitehall from Big Ben to Trafalgar Square. Using Rick Steves guided walk, we’ll try to give
On our first night in London, we thought we would take it easy on the tourist stuff. So we checked into our home base for
After settling in to our lodging for the rest of the week, we grabbed a quick dinner in the neighborhood before heading out on the
We departed York by train – a first experience for Jackie. It was a day of first’s for Jackie – a train, a black cab,
So I am a sucker for “V is for Vendetta”. When I saw that Guy Fawkes was born in York, I had to search out
I’ve grown to love walking on the old city walls of medieval cities. They have often been restored and provide a nice vantage point for
The pride of York, this largest Gothic church north of the Alps (540 feet long, 200 feet tall) brilliantly shows that the High Middle Ages
Medieval York, with 9,000 inhabitants, grew rich on the wool trade and became England’s second city. Henry VIII used the city’s fine Minster as the