When we were planning our trip to America, in addition to spending time travelling from coast to coast and exploring the Eastern seaboard, I wanted to extend my social historical knowledge and learn more about: The Demise of the Native American IndiansThe Slave Trade My previous posts “Our Navajo Spirit Tour Guide” and “The WesternContinue reading “I Am Sam -The Reality of the Slave Trade”
Tag Archives: Opinion
America v England -The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I’m currently sat with my right leg raised on the sofa. My knee started to complain shortly after we had embarked upon this next phase of our adventure. The rental car was dispatched on Sunday and the remaining journey up the Eastern side of America is planned on Amtrak to avoid having to navigate ourContinue reading “America v England -The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
Las Vegas: From Sin City to Sophisticated Getaway
My History of Vegas:I had last visited the “City of Sin’ ten years previously with my two children whilst still a single Mum. It had been part of a bigger trip when I had taken a month off my career to celebrate key milestone birthdays that we were all experiencing in the same year. MyContinue reading “Las Vegas: From Sin City to Sophisticated Getaway”
Santa Fe -The Contradiction
As part of our Route 66 journey we entered New Mexico and having stayed at the famous Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari we travelled 195 miles north west to Santa Fe, following the original “Mother Road” as much as possible. As you enter the city you are immediately struck by the wonderful adobe houses. HistoryContinue reading “Santa Fe -The Contradiction”
National Memorial and Museum, Oklahoma -Time is Our Most Precious Commodity
Time is our greatest gift, we cannot buy any more of it but we can waste it, give it away to people who maybe don’t deserve it. We are all guilty of thinking we have time, time to do everything we want to, time to tell our loved ones how we feel, time to rekindleContinue reading “National Memorial and Museum, Oklahoma -Time is Our Most Precious Commodity”
Touring Western Europe -Holland-Amsterdam -The Verzetsmuseum, Wartime Choices?
This museum tells the story of the Netherlands and its people from May 1940 to May 1945, when Nazi forces occupied the country. Having put four pieces of the jigsaw in place before arriving at this museum I had already begun to question, what would I have done if I was one of those people caught upContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Holland-Amsterdam -The Verzetsmuseum, Wartime Choices?”
Touring Western Europe -Brussels -Discovering the Facts About The European Union
We left my new friend Lille (see previous post) last Saturday and travelled north east to Brussels. The capital of Belgium since the country became independent in 1830, with a population just over 2 million, one tenth of the size of Greater London and since 1958 the seat of the European Economic Community, the precursorContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Brussels -Discovering the Facts About The European Union”
Touring Western Europe -France – This Is The Climax of Prejudice
Last week in Paris, as part of our current adventure, we visited the Memorial de la Shoah – The Holocaust Memorial. For us it was the amalgamation of three adventures that began back in December 2016 in Berlin, moved through September 2019 in Krakow and ended here. Coincidentally this weekend an article was printed byContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -France – This Is The Climax of Prejudice”
Touring Western Europe -Spain -Barcelona Has Sold It’s Soul!
I would normally be sat here writing about our adventures in Barcelona rather than an opinion piece. We had arrived here by train from Valencia on Monday and settled into our Air BnB late afternoon with a view of La Sagrada Familia from our balcony. I guess this is still an adventure but it’s hardContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Spain -Barcelona Has Sold It’s Soul!”
Prince Harry-Journalism vs Reality
Phil and I are both avid readers. Here we are three weeks and 4 days into our West European adventure and we haven’t watched television once. This year to date I’ve read 23 books and one of the latest is “Spare”. I had purposely not bought it before we left the UK because I knewContinue reading “Prince Harry-Journalism vs Reality”
