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Date: 10th November 2010
Thanks for the tip Stu but I went to Rome a coupla years back. You are indeed correct, it is totally awesome, dude! I'm gonna seek out some more places of ancient and medieval finery. I'm toying with Cairo, Barcelona, Malaga and Istanbul at the minute. Or maybe all four!
From Blog: Athens the Great
Thanks for the tip Stu but I went to Rome a coupla years back. You are indeed correct, it is totally awesome, dude! I'm gonna seek out some more places of ancient and medieval finery. I'm toying with Cairo, Barcelona, Malaga and Istanbul at the minute. Or maybe all four!
From Blog: Athens the Great
Date: 10th November 2010
I'm not in your class yet, Penny, but I'm getting there. :)
From Blog: Athens the Great
I'm not in your class yet, Penny, but I'm getting there. :)
From Blog: Athens the Great
Date: 9th November 2010
Triumphant Steps & Columns
Hi Wooster! Looks like it's going/went went in the land of Ouzo (I take it you tried some!!). The pictures look fantastic, and it definitely looks an interesting place to go to - it certainly seems to be dripping with history. It seems like you're into your stride with all this historical-city kinda stuff, so if you wanna keep it in this vain, then I can highly recommend going to Rome as your next stop. That place is also crammed full with historical buildings / artefacts and monuments of great importance and interest, and as long as you don't make the same schoolboy error as me and refrain from drinking from the Trevi fountain you'll stand a good chance of actually getting out of the loo and around some of the places!! Catchya Later, duder
From Blog: Athens the Great
Triumphant Steps & Columns
Hi Wooster! Looks like it's going/went went in the land of Ouzo (I take it you tried some!!). The pictures look fantastic, and it definitely looks an interesting place to go to - it certainly seems to be dripping with history. It seems like you're into your stride with all this historical-city kinda stuff, so if you wanna keep it in this vain, then I can highly recommend going to Rome as your next stop. That place is also crammed full with historical buildings / artefacts and monuments of great importance and interest, and as long as you don't make the same schoolboy error as me and refrain from drinking from the Trevi fountain you'll stand a good chance of actually getting out of the loo and around some of the places!! Catchya Later, duder
From Blog: Athens the Great
Date: 9th November 2010
I think one of the advantages of rebuilidng Athenian monuments is that they left vast amounts of data behind due to their tendency to use stone and terracotta as writing tablets and artistic materials. And in a lot of instances of the rebuilding they're only filling in small gaps in what is mostly intact. I take your point though, inevitably there will be some speculation involved.
From Blog: Athens the Great
I think one of the advantages of rebuilidng Athenian monuments is that they left vast amounts of data behind due to their tendency to use stone and terracotta as writing tablets and artistic materials. And in a lot of instances of the rebuilding they're only filling in small gaps in what is mostly intact. I take your point though, inevitably there will be some speculation involved.
From Blog: Athens the Great
Date: 8th November 2010
Great Photos
For some reason I imagined Athens as being a bit "rough", it's nice to be wrong, I'm going to have to go there one day. I'm unsure how I feel about rebuilding and repairing ancient structures. On the one hand it is nice to see how it might have been, but that's the problem, it's often "might". If you do head down to Crete and see the palace of Knossos then that's an example of rebuilding being done very badly. Bits of it were rebuilt and redecorated by a bonkers English archaeologist who claimed to have good evidence for what he was up to, but later discovers cast a lot of doubt upon that. So what you see might very will be quite inaccurate. I was quite shocked to find out that Stonehenge was "repaired" as recently as the 1950s.
From Blog: Athens the Great
Great Photos
For some reason I imagined Athens as being a bit "rough", it's nice to be wrong, I'm going to have to go there one day. I'm unsure how I feel about rebuilding and repairing ancient structures. On the one hand it is nice to see how it might have been, but that's the problem, it's often "might". If you do head down to Crete and see the palace of Knossos then that's an example of rebuilding being done very badly. Bits of it were rebuilt and redecorated by a bonkers English archaeologist who claimed to have good evidence for what he was up to, but later discovers cast a lot of doubt upon that. So what you see might very will be quite inaccurate. I was quite shocked to find out that Stonehenge was "repaired" as recently as the 1950s.
From Blog: Athens the Great
Date: 3rd November 2010
Good stuff!
You've made Athens look very appealing :) If you're going to be in the UK on Saturday the 13th of November then drop me an email...
From Blog: Kid in a sweet shop
Good stuff!
You've made Athens look very appealing :) If you're going to be in the UK on Saturday the 13th of November then drop me an email...
From Blog: Kid in a sweet shop
Date: 3rd November 2010
Looking at the pictures, I really could have sat at some of those places for absolutely ages, feeling and thinking about life and feeling quite humble I must admit. Beautiful architecture, in wonder of how they ever managed such a build at that time, and just chilling. That lunch looked huge did you really eat it all? And I agree, I don't get the cheese in the wine?! By the way, sorry about the cold thing, as I've had it for seven weeks, I hope you didn't it it from me! xx
From Blog: Kid in a sweet shop
Looking at the pictures, I really could have sat at some of those places for absolutely ages, feeling and thinking about life and feeling quite humble I must admit. Beautiful architecture, in wonder of how they ever managed such a build at that time, and just chilling. That lunch looked huge did you really eat it all? And I agree, I don't get the cheese in the wine?! By the way, sorry about the cold thing, as I've had it for seven weeks, I hope you didn't it it from me! xx
From Blog: Kid in a sweet shop
Date: 29th October 2010
Well I was trying to do something humongus but then I realised it was humongus for humongus' sake, rather than what I actually wanted to do. But hey, true freedom is the freedom to be wrong. :)
From Blog: Holiday Ecomonic Anomalies
Well I was trying to do something humongus but then I realised it was humongus for humongus' sake, rather than what I actually wanted to do. But hey, true freedom is the freedom to be wrong. :)
From Blog: Holiday Ecomonic Anomalies
Date: 27th October 2010
Oh
Thougt you were backpacking round the worl, now found out you are just going on about 6 years of holidays in 1 go. Still am sure you are enjoying it and ewon't mind not goingt away again until 2017
From Blog: Holiday Ecomonic Anomalies
Oh
Thougt you were backpacking round the worl, now found out you are just going on about 6 years of holidays in 1 go. Still am sure you are enjoying it and ewon't mind not goingt away again until 2017
From Blog: Holiday Ecomonic Anomalies
Date: 25th October 2010
'Fraid so. I'm a sucker for 5 star. The place even has a swimming pool!
From Blog: Holiday Ecomonic Anomalies
'Fraid so. I'm a sucker for 5 star. The place even has a swimming pool!
From Blog: Holiday Ecomonic Anomalies
Date: 19th October 2010
I've no idea what you're talking about Hils. Alonsy? What's that? Listen, spend some money, buy the DVD of City of Death with Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, John Cleese, Julian Glover and other luminaries, scripted by Douglas Adams and filmed on location in Paris. It's hilariously witty and jolly good fun. You'll love it.
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
I've no idea what you're talking about Hils. Alonsy? What's that? Listen, spend some money, buy the DVD of City of Death with Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, John Cleese, Julian Glover and other luminaries, scripted by Douglas Adams and filmed on location in Paris. It's hilariously witty and jolly good fun. You'll love it.
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Date: 19th October 2010
Oooo a bit of Greek action then
Very good. Crete's quite nice if you're over that way, you've got the Minoan ruins which are pretty interesting, but I'm not sure if it's worth it for the history alone...
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Oooo a bit of Greek action then
Very good. Crete's quite nice if you're over that way, you've got the Minoan ruins which are pretty interesting, but I'm not sure if it's worth it for the history alone...
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Date: 18th October 2010
Apologies on the cheese front. I was seduced by the spirit of the Revolution into believing the French were superior. :)
From Blog: Some thoughts on Paris
Apologies on the cheese front. I was seduced by the spirit of the Revolution into believing the French were superior. :)
From Blog: Some thoughts on Paris
Date: 18th October 2010
Planning Athens next for some Parthenon action.
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Planning Athens next for some Parthenon action.
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Date: 17th October 2010
Smell my cheese
Apparently England produces over 700 different cheeses. Just cos Tesco only sell 3 of them don't go bashing our cheese making abilities!
From Blog: Some thoughts on Paris
Smell my cheese
Apparently England produces over 700 different cheeses. Just cos Tesco only sell 3 of them don't go bashing our cheese making abilities!
From Blog: Some thoughts on Paris
Date: 15th October 2010
Keep on going
Glad that you're back out there and travelling again. Keep the blog posts coming. So where will it be next?
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Keep on going
Glad that you're back out there and travelling again. Keep the blog posts coming. So where will it be next?
From Blog: Resist everything but temptation
Date: 14th October 2010
good thinking
Glad to hear you took some time off and also that you now have another plan
From Blog: Rethunk!
good thinking
Glad to hear you took some time off and also that you now have another plan
From Blog: Rethunk!
Date: 13th October 2010
I never realised JJ Milne's creation was so popular!
From Blog: Paris has a bouquet
I never realised JJ Milne's creation was so popular!
From Blog: Paris has a bouquet
Date: 13th October 2010
Winnie Statues
I know of two Winnie statues, one in parliament square another in Woodford.
From Blog: Paris has a bouquet
Winnie Statues
I know of two Winnie statues, one in parliament square another in Woodford.
From Blog: Paris has a bouquet
Date: 27th September 2010
Just picked up your last message. I like your flexibility. Look forward to seeing where your rethink takes you. All the best Bryony
From Blog: Goodbye USA
Just picked up your last message. I like your flexibility. Look forward to seeing where your rethink takes you. All the best Bryony
From Blog: Goodbye USA
Date: 27th September 2010
we're waiting!!!
So goodbye America, hello.............???????? C'mon mr Rooke we want to know if you have decided upon a new destination or is it 6 months in the tropic of Essex???? not exactly Michael Palin.
From Blog: Goodbye USA
we're waiting!!!
So goodbye America, hello.............???????? C'mon mr Rooke we want to know if you have decided upon a new destination or is it 6 months in the tropic of Essex???? not exactly Michael Palin.
From Blog: Goodbye USA
Date: 20th September 2010
Strewth...
Blimey. What about things like Motels? It "seems" possible to drive across the US and just get into a motel at night. How long do you think you'll be back for?
From Blog: Goodbye USA
Strewth...
Blimey. What about things like Motels? It "seems" possible to drive across the US and just get into a motel at night. How long do you think you'll be back for?
From Blog: Goodbye USA
Witty
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Maybe all four, you say? I say: Do it.
From Blog: Athens the Great