My wander this week is to Venice, Italy. I’ve written a little bit about Venice before, but this time I wanted to focus specifically on the famous Bridge of Sighs, so called because it was the bridge over which prisoners were taken before being executed or exiled from Venice. It is said their sorrow wasContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Bridge of Sighs, Venice”
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Wednesday Wander, Rock Of Cashel, Ireland
It’s the first Wednesday of the New Year, and time for my first Wednesday Wander. This week I’m heading to the green centre of Ireland, and an ancient fortress once home to kings. This is the Rock Of Cashel in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Cashel was, for centuries, the seat of the Kings of Ulster, andContinue reading “Wednesday Wander, Rock Of Cashel, Ireland”
Helen Glynn Jones 