Day three of the Vienna trip began with a city walk with a Dutch tour guide. I didn’t particularly care for the guide. She didn’t speak loud enough for the whole group to hear and you could hear she didn’t care for Sisi at all. Also, she walked terribly slow. We began in the park [read more]
As you may have noticed (if you follow me on social media) I went (or still am) in Vienna. I’m taking a ton of pictures so I’m going to divide these by day, except for the first two and last two, which also consist of travelling. The first picture you see above here is technically [read more]
It is on this day in 1793, the infamous Queen of France was executed by guillotine 10 months after her husband suffered the same fate. She was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October. She was accused of several things, including incest with her own son. She answered this charge with: “If I have [read more]
The original stronghold of Teylingen was built around 1200. In the beginning, only the circle walls existed. It was surrounded by a moat and it the 14th century a luxury palace to live in came about. It was first inhabited by the Lords of Teylingen and was used to protect the dykes and the way to Haarlem. [read more]
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was born in Tatoi, Greece as the third child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She usually went by Cécile. She married her first cousin [read more]
Last weekend I visited Schloss Marienburg in Pattensen, Germany. Mainly because I wanted to the ‘Path to the Crown’ Exhibition. This Schloss was a birthday present from King George V of Hanover to his wife Queen Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Unfortunately, photography was not allowed inside. We went on a classic tour with English audio guides, [read more]
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