I Never Understood How They Burned Down Stone Buildings

For a place that was supposed to be destroyed by the English it looks like a lot of the detailed stonework survives today. It's a testimony to the skills of the builders that even with half the supporting building gone the high walls still stand hundreds of years later.

Day Eight - Heading South of the Border

December 31st 2009
Another day with an early start. This would be the longest drive of the trip so far and we needed to make a number of stops along the way yet still arrive at our destination before the New Year's revelers got out in full force. Tonight we would be staying in Thirsk, a tiny village North of York, England. This would also be our most expensive accommodations of the trip so I wanted to savor ev ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Thirsk

Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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