“Marrakesh is simply the nicest place on earth to spend an afternoon,” Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Britain during World War II once said. Churchill, an avid painter, was so fond of the place that his only painting during World War II was a view of Marrakech, which he painted following the Casablanca […]
Month: October 2015
Tintern Abbey– the most romantic ruin in Wales
“Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky.” – William Wordsworth from lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey Tintern Abbey is the most romantic ruin in Wales– a picturesque, crumbling cathedral that […]
An evening in Abbotsbury, England
A peaceful English village by the sea. We start off with a stroll along the coast heading northwest via the South Dorset Ridgeway trail and this stunning view…. An important place to ancient people since over 2000 BC, there are hundreds of artifacts and ruins hiding about from Neolithic to more recent communities. But […]