Another trip to France for history nerds – off to Normandy

A year ago I followed the footsteps of the Plantagenets all the way to Le Mans and Poitiers. This year…

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Spending a day in Cebu City

When you travel to the island of Cebu, Cebu city might not be your main destination. I can’t say why…

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A day trip to the Cagsawa ruins park and two more churches

After spending my first day in the Philippines exploring Legazpi City, the plan was now to see the Cagsawa ruins…

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The many churches of Belgrade

While walking around in Belgrade I noticed many churches. Most of them are from the Orthodox church and therefore a…

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Hastings – the battle field or what’s left of it

Hastings was a revelation! For ages I’ve been listening to the ‘The British History Podcast‘ and was waiting, as so…

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An afternoon in Rye

We left Dungeness and on the way to Hastings passed Rye. This is a very pretty medieval town, where three…

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Canterbury

Canterbury has seen pilgrims since the Middle Ages. But even before that the Romans were here and the first cathedral…

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Arriving in Tours

Tours was already our last stop on the Plantagenet trip and after enjoying two nights in an apartment in Poitiers,…

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