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Jesus’s beard and other mysteries
Why does Jesus have shoulder-length, brown wavy hair and a beard? One of my personal favorite bits of touristing is doing the museum tour, and there’s plenty to choose from in Europe. The grand cities...
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Home of Zero
A couple of weeks ago, while our friends David and Jen were visiting from Boston, we all went to Greenwich to visit the Royal Observatory. Greenwich is probably best known as the baseline for both the...
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Museum followup
As a small follow-up to Susan’s post on our visits to the British Museum, here’s a photo that I really liked of Susan in the new courtyard: Susan in the new atrium of the British Museum.
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A Bit of the British Museum
So, of course we’re behind on the things we want to post about, as usual. I thought I’d at least mention the British Museum. The exterior of the British Museum Unlike the castles, churches, and...
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The Rati Lane Amazing Moors Weekend – Part 2 – Actual Alhambra!
Sorry for the delay on this one, after the ramp-up. You may only purchase half-day tickets to visit the Alhambra. Ours were in the afternoon. Tickets must be purchased in advance, and purchasing them...
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The Royal Palace, the Thyssen Museum, and remembering to be flexible
This weekend was an exercise in being flexible. We planned to take the train to the town of Segovia for some hard-core sight-seeing. We got up early and made it to the train station, only to find that...
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