WelcomeIt’s Paris Museum week! There are so many options when it comes to museums to go to besides the two covered last week (Louvre & Orsay). Of course, I have not been to them all (yet!) but when you have a Museum Pass, it makes it easy to drop in on a few as you randomly stroll past. I’ve picked another five that are all a bit different and famous in their own right but all worth seeing. Hope you enjoy reading about them and then joining me next week as we explore Monument Week. Michelle S...

WelcomeIt’s Paris Museum week! There are so many options when it comes to museums to go to besides the two covered last week (Louvre & Orsay). Of course, I have not been to them all (yet!) but when you have a Museum Pass, it makes it easy to drop in on a few as you randomly stroll past. I’ve picked another five that are all a bit different and famous in their own right but all worth seeing. Hope you enjoy reading about them and then joining me next week as we explore Monument Week. Michelle S...

This week I’m writing to you from the Longleat Forest as we take our annual holiday to CenterParcs with friends. The forest here has the largest collection of Redwood trees in the UK and is home to the tallest one in the country. Will share more about this next week. We had a busy time last week. John and I went to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Hampton Court Palace garden Festival. I’ll talk more about that in this week’s ‘Out & About’ section. Then on Friday night we went to London O...

This week I’m writing to you from the Longleat Forest as we take our annual holiday to CenterParcs with friends. The forest here has the largest collection of Redwood trees in the UK and is home to the tallest one in the country. Will share more about this next week. We had a busy time last week. John and I went to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Hampton Court Palace garden Festival. I’ll talk more about that in this week’s ‘Out & About’ section. Then on Friday night we went to London O...

WelcomeI hope that you enjoyed our June series on Castles. This month we start our July series on priories and boy are there a lot of ruined ones in England! Because I know a lot of you are interested in how they came to be left in ruins all over the country, I have also included a short description on religious life in England prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, starting in 1535. This will be a short introduction to a longer form essay I am writing on the topic, which will be publis...

WelcomeI hope that you enjoyed our June series on Castles. This month we start our July series on priories and boy are there a lot of ruined ones in England! Because I know a lot of you are interested in how they came to be left in ruins all over the country, I have also included a short description on religious life in England prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, starting in 1535. This will be a short introduction to a longer form essay I am writing on the topic, which will be publis...

WelcomeWelcome to our final day in Paris. With this week’s newsletter I am trying something a bit different. Just like the Hop-On, Hop-Off buses take you to major places in cities, we will be doing a walking/bus/metro tour to tick off a few more places before our trip to Paris ends. I hope that you have enjoyed our time in Paris and that it has been as much fun for you as it has been for me! We are going to be busy today! So put on your best walking shoes and let’s go! Michelle Savvy Travel H...

WelcomeWelcome to our final day in Paris. With this week’s newsletter I am trying something a bit different. Just like the Hop-On, Hop-Off buses take you to major places in cities, we will be doing a walking/bus/metro tour to tick off a few more places before our trip to Paris ends. I hope that you have enjoyed our time in Paris and that it has been as much fun for you as it has been for me! We are going to be busy today! So put on your best walking shoes and let’s go! Michelle Savvy Travel H...

WelcomeI am delighted to bring you Issue 4 of ‘Traveling Through History’ today. Today we travel to Shropshire to visit Stokesay Castle. I really enjoyed my research into this delightfully preserved manor house not far from the Welsh border. I hope you do too. The day we visited in 2018 was a bit gloomy, but you can still see all that Stokesay as to offer. One of the benefits of living so close to Oxford is that we can attend events and book launches, which are always fun. I talk about our la...

WelcomeI am delighted to bring you Issue 4 of ‘Traveling Through History’ today. Today we travel to Shropshire to visit Stokesay Castle. I really enjoyed my research into this delightfully preserved manor house not far from the Welsh border. I hope you do too. The day we visited in 2018 was a bit gloomy, but you can still see all that Stokesay as to offer. One of the benefits of living so close to Oxford is that we can attend events and book launches, which are always fun. I talk about our la...

WelcomeWelcome to Paris Monument Week. Like a lot of European cities that have a long, rich and varied history, Paris seems to have something to look at on almost every corner in the main areas of the city. As I have said every week so far, there are so many options to choose from that narrowing it down to the few in this issue, seems like I am robbing you of all there is to really see! While two of them are actually places to ‘visit’ a few are just drive or walk – by thing to see. Thanks to ...

WelcomeWelcome to Paris Monument Week. Like a lot of European cities that have a long, rich and varied history, Paris seems to have something to look at on almost every corner in the main areas of the city. As I have said every week so far, there are so many options to choose from that narrowing it down to the few in this issue, seems like I am robbing you of all there is to really see! While two of them are actually places to ‘visit’ a few are just drive or walk – by thing to see. Thanks to ...

WelcomeThere are certain cities in the world that you can visit again and again. For me, London, Florence, Barcelona and Paris. Eventually I will do special editions on all of them, but this month we are in Paris. This week I’ll be showing you the Top 5 things to do and see. Most of you will know about them but sticking to my ‘history’ bent, I’ll help you dive into the history of the place, or the things in it. Each of the Top 5 could have a whole edition on its own! It has been very hard to ...

WelcomeThere are certain cities in the world that you can visit again and again. For me, London, Florence, Barcelona and Paris. Eventually I will do special editions on all of them, but this month we are in Paris. This week I’ll be showing you the Top 5 things to do and see. Most of you will know about them but sticking to my ‘history’ bent, I’ll help you dive into the history of the place, or the things in it. Each of the Top 5 could have a whole edition on its own! It has been very hard to ...

WelcomeWelcome to Week 8 of Traveling Through History. To all those of you who have messaged or emailed me about how much you are enjoying the newsletter, I wanted to say a big thank you! If makes me feel that the big effort of a weekly publication is worth it when others also enjoy it. As I finalise this week’s issue, I am on the EuroStar to Paris. We are away for the next five days (four nights) and next week I will be doing a very special Paris Issue for you all. This issue is also the las...

WelcomeWelcome to Week 8 of Traveling Through History. To all those of you who have messaged or emailed me about how much you are enjoying the newsletter, I wanted to say a big thank you! If makes me feel that the big effort of a weekly publication is worth it when others also enjoy it. As I finalise this week’s issue, I am on the EuroStar to Paris. We are away for the next five days (four nights) and next week I will be doing a very special Paris Issue for you all. This issue is also the las...

WelcomeAs I write Issue 2 of Traveling Through History this week, the weather in the UK has turned glorious and we experienced a lovely warm weekend, even though a thunderstorm arrived late Sunday. I have introduced two new sections in this issue that will periodically appear in the future. ‘Out & About’ will give you a taste of our activities that are of an historical or travel nature, this week starting with a progress around the ‘Walled Gardens of Wallingford’. I am also going to take you ...

WelcomeAs I write Issue 2 of Traveling Through History this week, the weather in the UK has turned glorious and we experienced a lovely warm weekend, even though a thunderstorm arrived late Sunday. I have introduced two new sections in this issue that will periodically appear in the future. ‘Out & About’ will give you a taste of our activities that are of an historical or travel nature, this week starting with a progress around the ‘Walled Gardens of Wallingford’. I am also going to take you ...

WelcomeWe had a busy (but slightly restful) week at CenterParcs in Longleat last week. It’s in a forest and has cabins and villas amongst the trees. In addition to that, they have activities like tree trekking and quad bikes, archery, clay Pidgeon shooting, a pottery centre and of course the obligatory indoor/outdoor pool area, that has rapids and various water slides. We had a good time but seem to have come home exhausted! Lol While we were there, we went to Longleat House & Safari Park, wh...

WelcomeWe had a busy (but slightly restful) week at CenterParcs in Longleat last week. It’s in a forest and has cabins and villas amongst the trees. In addition to that, they have activities like tree trekking and quad bikes, archery, clay Pidgeon shooting, a pottery centre and of course the obligatory indoor/outdoor pool area, that has rapids and various water slides. We had a good time but seem to have come home exhausted! Lol While we were there, we went to Longleat House & Safari Park, wh...

Welcome to ParisWelcome to the first of what I hope will be many special city issues of the newsletter. I had started out thinking that I could do this wonderful city justice in only one edition! How wrong I was. Thanks to the wise counsel of my friend Josh, I have decided that I will make August Paris Month, so that I don’t have to produce an edition that is 10,000 words long this week! (hahahaha) and a whole month allows me to give you much more to explore in bites sized chunks. This editio...

Welcome to ParisWelcome to the first of what I hope will be many special city issues of the newsletter. I had started out thinking that I could do this wonderful city justice in only one edition! How wrong I was. Thanks to the wise counsel of my friend Josh, I have decided that I will make August Paris Month, so that I don’t have to produce an edition that is 10,000 words long this week! (hahahaha) and a whole month allows me to give you much more to explore in bites sized chunks. This editio...

WelcomeOur great weather continued and despite some early rain on Saturday morning, it was a nice day for the annual Trooping the Colour, overseen by King Charles. More on that later in this issue. Thank you so much for the terrific support I’ve received after the first 2 issues. I am so glad that you all enjoy reading my work. I love writing it for you each week. And on that note, I do all the writing myself (which is why sometimes there are errors! Lol), no ChatGPT used in this little publi...

WelcomeOur great weather continued and despite some early rain on Saturday morning, it was a nice day for the annual Trooping the Colour, overseen by King Charles. More on that later in this issue. Thank you so much for the terrific support I’ve received after the first 2 issues. I am so glad that you all enjoy reading my work. I love writing it for you each week. And on that note, I do all the writing myself (which is why sometimes there are errors! Lol), no ChatGPT used in this little publi...