Mother love
The ruins of Troy in Turkey’s Troad region are a bit disappointing, even worse than the Roman Wall in Northumberland and not at all like the still awesome land walls […]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
14 fabulous Teutonic nights in the beautiful Baltic – bring your own armour!
The Baltic crusades were just one of the myriad elements in the gradual Christianisation of northern and central Europe during the 13th century, and were really a chivalric veneer that […]
St George to the rescue
The Princes Islands in the Sea of Marmara – in ancient times called the Propontis – lie close to the Asian coastline of Turkey just off Istanbul, and to the […]
All the time in the world
Apart from the massive walls of the Alhambra, which are reminiscent of the Krak des Chevaliers crusader castle in Syria, Granada most impressed me by the quality of its air. […]
We will rack you
The leg irons recovered from liberated Christian prisoners of the Moors that decorate the walls of the San Juan de los Reyes monastery in Toledo are a shock reminder that […]
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