Started the morning with Joy spotting yet another famous person – in the lobby of the hotel – a Gerald-Ford-Lookalike – Joy is very good at finding these people! [recall Churchill last night at The Wellington!] ********** We are off and running this morning to see as much as possible before the play tonight… We… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day XIII & XIV: Books, Fabrics, a Palace, ‘Clueless,’ and Home!| Jane Austen in Vermont
Hotel Indigo [from their website – I forgot to take a picture!] Our last group breakfast at our Hotel Indigo in Bath – hugs and goodbyes and “safe travels” to all who boarded the bus to Heath…| Jane Austen in Vermont
What a day! And the final one for those not doing the London two-day extension… To continue with our adventure yesterday touring around Austen-related places in Bath, you can see this map and this website where much is explained: https://18thc-cities.sorbonne-universite.fr/-Map-of-Bath-1803-Jane-Austen-s-.html#3 and this map from JASNA.org: *********** But now we are off first thing to the… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day XI: Bath, Bridgerton, and Rugby…| Jane Austen in Vermont
So, today I messed up Royally – was supposed to meet a friend, but misplaced days of the week in my head – travel can do that to you [anyone else out there have this happen??]. To me, today was a M…| Jane Austen in Vermont
Well, finally back to recounting this Jane adventure – I have been to London again and then to Belgium for a Flemish Art tour [fabulous trip with Martin Randall Travel] – so working on …| Jane Austen in Vermont
Where oh where do I begin to tell of this joyous day? All places I have been before, but more engaging touring about with a group of like-minded people, and the chance to see so much more behind the scenes… We are today off from our Winchester hotel to Chawton – and there to see… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day VIII: The Delights of a Visit to Chawton| Jane Austen in Vermont
Coming off our visit to Steventon, we were given some free time to explore Winchester on our own, the Cathedral and College to be part of the Day 7 adventure. I have been to Winchester before, have seen all the spots associated with Jane, and at the 2003 AGM we had a grand banquet at… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day VI, Part 2: Winchester and the Hampshire Cultural Trust.| Jane Austen in Vermont
I am ashamed to say I have never been to Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington, so that was my goal this day – Ron had never been either, so we met there [right at the Hyde Park Gate, addres…| Jane Austen in Vermont
On the 24th of September 1717, Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician, was born in London. Although the son of the first Prime Minister,…| A R T L▼R K