One of the books I am currently reading is ‘The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars‘ by Stephen O’Shea. At the beginning of the chapter on Carcassonne there is a perfect description of what I saw and how I felt when I caught my first fleeting glimpse of Carcassonne as I traveled from Toulouse [...]
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To Dream with Your Eyes Open
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2013
The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
25 Comments CherryPie on Jan 6th 2013
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Albert Einstein
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2012
BBC News (York & North Yorkshire) have reported that a section of Roman road has been discovered during excavations underneath York Minster:
Archaeologists have unearthed a section of Roman road beneath York Minster.
The road was found during construction work for new visitor displays in the medieval minster’s undercroft.
The York Archaeological Trust said the road was probably [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Paris 2012
Heads of the Kings of Judah
In its desire to erase all traces of feudalism, the French Revolution systematically and seriously damaged the decor of the cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris. In 1793, the twenty eight statues of the kings of Judah on the main facade were taken down and then sold to a builder as [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2012
More of this weeks theme can be found in the ‘golden’ gallery.
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2012
We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)
28 Comments CherryPie on Oct 7th 2012
