Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT WINDSOR CASTLE

Our winter trip to London included a day trip to Windsor Castle.  We took the District Line from our hotel near the High Street Kensington Underground Station to the Paddington Train Station.   From Paddington, we caught the train to Windsor, with an easy change at Slough Station.  Windsor was still decorated for the Christmas holidays […]

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

Here at 51.5 degrees north latitude,  on this day of the year, the sun rises at 8:06 am and sets at 4:00 pm.  By 2:30 in the afternoon, you can already sense the sun beginning its low-angle wane into the golden hour. I read that the short days of winter can reduce levels of melatonin […]

Oblivious

 “A Face in the Crowd” is this week’s WordPress photo challenge — I knew right away where to take this one.  It was the most beautiful of days in one of the most beautiful of places on earth.   Giant’s Causeway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the coast of Northern Ireland.  Even here, […]

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