Considered the largest music and poetry festival in Europe, the origins of the week-long “traveling” Eisteddfod Festival in Wales date back to 1176 when Lord Rhys ap Gruffyd (Prince of Wales before the Normans took over) first held competitions in […]
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St. David’s Day! March 1 marks St. David’s Day celebrated in honour of St David, the patron saint of Wales. As such, it is also the “national day” of Wales. (And if you don’t speak Welsh, […]
The North of England offers not only a sweeping arc of interesting historical spots (this area was the Roman frontier, after all), but also incredibly varied terrain (moors, mountains, North Sea, lakes, sweeping beaches), beautiful abbeys, and religious sites, intriguing […]
Vienna, Austria grew out of a Roman military settlement on the Danube River called Vindobona, into an important medieval and baroque city, and then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From the 17th to the early 20th century, Vienna (or […]
As we walked up to the old doors of Notre Dame Cathedral, I realized we made it just a few minutes too late to wander and explore the shadowy but serene and vast interior. Paris shimmered with the cerulean blue […]
Several sites worth visiting in Amsterdam speak to the tolerance of the Dutch people. Our Lord of the Attic Museum, the Amsterdam Resistance Museum, and the Anne Frank House Museum all highlight Dutch courage in the face of adversity. Amsterdam […]
March 1 is St. David’s Day in Wales. As St. David (Dewi Sant in Welsh) is the patron saint of Wales, this is an important day on the calendar and is marked by parades, concerts and the wearing of one […]
This spring, a friend and I headed to Budapest to celebrate her birthday, and explore and adventure for Dragon in Your Pocket guests. Although our flight left midday, we had to make a connection via Vienna (no direct flights matched […]
Our first full day in Budapest, after our bespoke tour in a vintage Trabant with BudaPassion, we headed to Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum to learn more about the modern history of Hungary. Learn about the riveting and often […]
Despite its grand scale, I found sweet human touches that made me feel at peace and at home as I delved into the nooks and crannies of the minster. According to legend, within 200 years of Jesus’ death, his followers […]
York Castle Museum After journeying through Viking history in York (at the Jorvik Viking Centre), I headed over to explore the first of three York Museums Trust holdings, York Castle Museum. The museum’s site surprises in part because it’s housed […]
In addition to the popular Jorvik Viking Centre, the York Archaeological Trust offers multiple historical attractions in the beautiful city of York, England, individually available, or combined in the Pastport ticket. We sampled four of the five attractions on our […]
