Belvedere

Palaces and art gallery











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Karlsplatz

Interesting area to wander around and enjoy the varied architecture











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Art gallery day

Amazing collection, Bruegel particularly fine but many other favorites, Holbein, Caravaggio, Velasquez and more














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History museum today

It's way too big for one day, two visits has me half way through











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My hotel

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Museums and churches

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Location:Museumsplatz,Vienna,Austria

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Vienna is an effortlessly imperial city. Lots of amazing, if not always beautiful, architecture.


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Location:Vienna

Transport WWI

The war exhibition was very moving, they took the buses and crew straight to the front





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Wandered to Covent Garden today and the Transport Musem








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Petrie Museum today, it's very warm and sunny in London


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Viking exhibition

As usual no photos in the exhibition which is a pity partly because there were magnificent things to remember but also it would have been something to do as we inched at a traditional snails pace around the gallery. The ship stole my heart and there was the most interesting selection of jewelry showing every influence and origin fro a dozen countries. The section on women and magic I would have liked to be larger, a topic to be explored.
It was very crowded which did surprise me a little it's been open for 2 months. It didn't get far into the debate on peaceful traders v. Psycho killers it seemed to rest at 'both'


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Location:BM

Nettle soup

Having the Viking feast at the museum, nettle soup was a bit bland but the guinea fowl in mead reduction was pretty good





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Castle gardens

The castle was just a shell but the gardens were lovely.



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Location:Newark

Leaving Lincoln

Off to London today and the sky is blue, at least at the moment. Yesterday started gray then became sunny and ended up pouring with heavy, icy rain. I was so cold I had to have hot chocolate to recover. The hotel has been very comfortable.

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Ruin from the civil war

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Location:Newark castle

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Around and about

It's cold wet and blustery here on top of the hill. This afternoon I went up to the cathedral and yesterday I was at Flag Fen which is an archaeological park




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Wonderful honey cake and clotted cream


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The very grand Burghley House today





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Arrived

A little more genteel than Leicester with a much better cathedral


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Location:Peterborough

Long weekend here and town pretty much closed down except for a huge parade for local football teams successful season just ended. Had a roast lunch at cafe with treacle sponge pudding with custard. Very satisfying


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Location:The cathedral

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The Guildhall


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Location:Yeoman Street,Leicester,United Kingdom

RichardIII

Blog is not very good at uploading, don't know what the problem is, really doesn't like photos
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Location:Castle Gardens

Richard III

Since they found him in the car park they are obviously hoping to keep him here. Posters all over town exhibitions, they are ver keen




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Sunny 14 degrees

Swans on the river where the castle used to be Many
little lanes in the centre of town. Visited the cathedral and the remains of the Roman baths.


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Last day for Berlin

Slightly more modern subject today, the Berlin museum, covering the history of the city. Some fun things, thumb screws, execution axe, cups for keeping your mustache dry.








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