England is chock full of castles and palaces and cathedrals, all of them glorious in some way or another. Many of them remind me of that quote from the movie version of Dr. Zhivago which goes somewhat along the lines of, “twelve families could live in this home.” Well, I’ve visited Blenheim Palace and now [...]
The Symphony of Lights, Victoria Harbor
If you’ve never visited Asia, just walking the streets of Hong Kong will be endlessly interesting and entertaining. The rhythms of every day life in Hong Kong are familiar and yet somehow totally different. After a day soaking in the differences The Symphony of Lights in Victoria Harbor requires little other than allowing the laser [...]
Big Buddha
and 5,973 miles away is the Big Budhha – which seems a slightly irreverent but nonetheless accurate name for the really big Budhha which sits atop a peak of the mountains on Lantau Island.
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
St. Paul’s, the actual building, doesn’t move me in the same way that Canterbury Cathedral does; however, as a symbol of the resilience of the British people during WWII, there are few buildings which strike a deeper chord. During the rain of bombs ordered by Hitler to destroy both London and the will of its [...]
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Just driving…Folkestone
Folkestone…not really sure how we got there and not really sure why I would go again but I would. It reminded me of some of the small, dying, boarded up towns in middle America that – for me – have allure but many inhabitants (particularly teenagers) would love to escape. There was nary a person [...]
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Serendipity: Kent Battle of Britain Museum and The Cat and the Custard Pot
We set out from Canterbury with Pawley Cider and store bought lunch sandwiches in our hands and the Kent Battle of Britain Museum in our sights. Unfortunately, the Museum is closed on Mondays so we travelled up the road to find a place to chow down and cider up. We discovered – at a bend [...]
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Canterbury Cathedral
I don’t think I will ever get used to the history that exists so naturally and so matter of factly throughout England. You’re just walking down a narrow cobble street and there it is… the gate to Canterbury Cathedral – with big orange bags of laundry or some such in front of it – blessed [...]
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Canterbury by night and day…
I have yet to find a town in England that wasn’t worth a wander but Canterbury, ah, Canterbury – not a dollar is needed to meander its streets day or night and find structures and snippets of interest everywhere. The meandering started after our return to Canterbury following the surprisingly delightful bat & trap competition. [...]
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Bat & Trap, Red Lion Pub, Dunkirk, Faversham
We had to scurry to make it to from The Shipwrights Arms in Oare to the semi-final for the Canterbury Bat & Trap League. I’d never seen a bat & trap game before and – to be honest – it was more as a curiosity than with any real interest that we had made plans [...]
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The Shipwrights Arms, Oare
Despite what the listing on the Campaign for Real Ale website says, The Shipwrights Arms is not readily visible from the road (unless the writer means the meandering single lane road that leads to the Arms but first you have to find that road). However, it was well worth the several false starts that led [...]
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Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
If my daddy were still alive and my son was still five they would have spent their entire vacation at The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. I enjoyed it immensely–totally relaxing journey on a scale train that runs right next to the walls of people’s homes; however, for families with small children (particularly boys) RHDR [...]
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Finishing up at Faversham…
With beer filled bellies we meandered through the Faversham Hop Festival for another hour. The crowds had a friendly feel and several times we ran into a Dutch couple we had met while parking our car. In the spirit of the day, we soon found ourselves wearing crowns made of hops. Although we never spied [...]