“STUFF YOUR EYES WITH WONDER,’ HE SAID, ‘LIVE AS IF YOU’D DROP DEAD IN TEN SECONDS. SEE THE WORLD. IT’S MORE FANTASTIC THAN ANY DREAM MADE OR PAID FOR IN FACTORIES.” – RAY BRADBURY
All Pictures Today (Main, then beginning of blog and end) are from my wanderings in London–Possibly my first trip to London in 2002.
21 Places to Get Back Into the Beatles
Liverpool, Merseyside Handwritten lyrics and notes from the Fab Four have gone on display in thir home city for the first time…..at the Beatles’ Story in Liverpool…along with Paul’s handwritten “Hey Jude ” lyrics, the note book offers visitors a unique glimpse into their lives at the time.
Discover Britain
June 2022
THE BEATLES STORY
Suggested Day Trip of the Day
But you’re welcome to stay longer
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Miami, Florida
MIAMI’S HISTORY & HERITAGE
Greater Miami
According to the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council much money has been invested in the country to build and improve cultural facilities across the county and city.
Cultural Centers
Coral Gables Art Cinema
Explore Art, Culture and History In Coral Gables – Miami Beach
Historic Overtown
EXPERIENCE HISTORIC OVERTOWN
Little Havana
Futurama 1637
affordable and creative
Down Town Miami
Adrienne Arsht Center
For the performing arts. It is Florida’s largest performing center and in the whole USA it is second only to New York’s Lincoln Center in size. It is home to Florida’s Grand opera as well a Miami City Ballet.
The center also hosts Broadway and the New Symphony as well as Free Gospel Sundays.
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Maurice A. Ferré Park (formerly Museum Park)
Home of
Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County
200,000 sq ft of contemporary art
Miami Circle
In 1998 archeologist found something you might not know about in Downtown Miami: The Miami Circle–a ceremonial center for The Tequesta native people who lived in this whole area 2,000 years ago.
West of downtown
Scottish Rite Building
Lummus Park Historic District
Julia Tuttle who convinced Henry Flagler to extend his Florida East Coast Railway to the fledgling city of Miami once lived here.
Hidden History Miami
This area contains the city’s last remaining structures from pioneer history:
Lummus Park is the location where you’ll find
Wagner Homestead
The home is located in Lummus Park on the north side of the Miami River at NW 4th Avenue. It is the oldest known home still standing in Miami.
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Fort Dallas
Sits in Lummus Park Miami.
The Slave Plantation Longhouse
now in Lummus Park served for many years as the headquarters for the Miami chapter of the D.A.R.
Best 14 Thames river boat trips and tours
The wreck of a WWII ship in the Thames estuary will be partially dismantleed to reduce the chances of it exploding. According to proposals by the UK government, the steel masts of the SS Richard Montgomery’s–an American vessel that ran aground in August 1944– three masts will be cut back to prevent them from collapsing and accidentally detonating the 1,400 tons of explosives thought to remain within the ship’s hull. effort to remove the vessel’s dangerous cargo shortly after the grounding were halted by the Admirality due to the huge financial costs involved.
BBC History Revealed
April 2020
WALKING THE THAMES PATH
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A Full Tour Of Edinburgh Castle In Scotland – YouTube
Scotland: 1093 David I Builds a chapel in Edinburgh Castle in memory of his mother Margaret. St Margaret’s Chapel is the oldest surviving part of the Castle.
Royal Britain: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
Could you Find Adventure in Putman County? Maybe a Road Trip?
Let’s see we could visit;
Estoniah Creek State Park
Total Acreage: 8,902
& 491 feet of lake frontage
A park with large areas to roam and is a hang out of black bears. There’s also: white-tailed deer, bobcat, fox squirrel, wild turkey, eastern diamondback rattlesnake (ok good idea to wear hiking boats and avoid off trail adventures) and barred owl.
Acivity includes: hiking, biking fishing, hunting, nature study, wildlife viewing and photography. So we could spend a couple hours there at least
Oh and I also found this Florida Trail, Etoniah West: On a 3.5-mile segment of the Florida Trail in Etoniah State Forest, you’ll encounter the rare Etonia rosemary and a number of sinkholes in the pine forests and scrub. If you’re in to long walks that is.
Florahome’s former railroad station on Coral Farms Road, now an antique shop.
There’s Florahome which is near the Park: Florahome is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida, United States, located on State Road 100. The town was established in 1899 by the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway. The streets are laid in a grid system. Streets north and south are named for trees or shrubs. Streets east and west are named for states or provinces. Early in the town’s history, it was surrounded by swamps. These were drained when canals were dredged by the Etoniah Canal and Drainage Company. Florahome was also once an island and was drained of all its water to make way for crops, animals, and homes. The town is built upon a sandy hill rising from the swampy areas.
Florahome, Florida
It has a Dolllar General—-ah OK
and a Subway Sandwich Shop.
10 miles on down the road after a walk thru of Florahome we could try
Interlachen
The Town of Interlachen was settled in the late 1870’s when the building of a railroad opened the area. It developed as both a citrus growing center and a winter resort. When severe freezes in the 1890’s made it apparent that commercial citrus production was not economically viable, the town evolved into a retirement haven and later a bedroom community for Gainesville and Palatka.
We can Eat:
Nanna’s Cafe
or
Domino’s Pizza
and
Hog Wild Country Cafe
to name a few
Well you get the idea—-you can look for shopping, museums, historical areas more parks—whatever is of interest to you—also since it’s road trip gas stations. Place to stay from B&Bs to motels and the like—the internet is good for this, but books about the area—I know outdated but they often have hidden facts on the sites that might interest you but are not the web–so just saying.
Too much work—-well how about (never tried and don’t know about– but might be of interest to check them out:
10 Epic Spain Road Trips – Maps, Itineraries and Tips
Exploring Hampstead 2021 – Village to Hampstead Heath Summer London walking Tour 2021
London: Hampstead, Admiral Walk: Two of the houses in Admiral’s Walk are especially interesting because of their former residents : Admiral’s House, the home (1856 – 64) of the architect SIr George Gilbert Scott, and Grove Lodge where the Novelist John Galsworthy, author
of
the Forsyte Saga lived here from 1918 until his death in 1933.
Historical houses in Hampstead
GALVESTON HISTORY & HERITAGE
Spiritual Sites in Iceland: With the Norse Gods
Eve tempted Adam in the Garden of Eden this suggests an already establishd link between apples and sex in pre-Christian Culture. This also suggests an established link to fertility and fecundity as well. In Norse mythology for example, the apples of perpetual youth are said to grow in Asguard.
Holy Sites Of Judaism
What can YOU really do in New Smyrna?
Buy a locally made gift for friend or family
AT
The Big Bamboo
Try a taco in a bag while watching the latest game at this beachside bar
Peanut Restaurant and Sports Bar
Bring your best Friend
to the dog friendly boardwalk and
beaches of
Attend a free concert at
River Side Park
Sacred Sites
Wells & Springs are places of transition, where the underworld rises out of the ground. They encourage song and dance, they are the site of rituals. The plythora of London names such as Spring Gardens, Well Walk and Wells Street testifies to the extent and variety of these waters. We also have Shadewell and Stockwell and Camberwell. It would be weary work to enumerate all the buried wells of London. It is enough to know that they all existed.
South Walking Tour
The Bayeux Tapestry is a work of embroidery depicting the story of the Norman Conquest. It is stitched with woolen yarn treated with vegetable dyes on panels of woven linen…that are assembled to form a continuous banner 224.3 feet long. The tapestry was commissioned in 1078 by Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux and half brother of William the Conqueror.
The Royals: The Lives & Loves of British Monarchs
Linda Carol
