As soon as we walked through the doors of the León Cathedral, my visual senses were on overload. Apparently León Cathedral houses one of the largest collections of medieval stained glass in the world. Everywhere you look, you see the brilliant colors of the stained glass windows. The great majority of them date from the… Read More Sensory overload
Since we had not booked any concerts at the Three Choirs Festival today, we took a day trip to the city of Bath. After yesterday’s opening service there have been six scheduled concerts plus a lecture, so I know we have missed out but sometimes you have got to give yourself a break! I… Read More Bath Abbey
While most of the people in my tour group went on a whale watching cruise, I opted to stay in town to visit the Hallgrims Church. Hallgrimur Pétursson is the best known sacred poet of Iceland, born in 1614 and died in 1674. He is most famous for his Hymns of the Passion, a series… Read More Hallgrims Church, Reykjavik