The daughter has returned from abroad, and has begun sharing her photos.
Check out this Viking horn donated to York Minster by Ulf, the Viking, in 1030. I can't believe it's the real thing, but it is.
Interacting with the Highlanders.
Cool church roof. I should do the roof this way at my place.
Lots of ruins
Albion, oh Albion...
987 years old... wow. Also, neat shot of the cathedral ceiling (and yes, you should). It seems the prodigal has your eye for a good shot... Thank you for letting me into a bit of your world via the blog. From me and mine to you and yours, Merry Christmas. May you never have to leave the ammo in your magazines in long enough for the springs to weaken.
ReplyDeleteWell said sir, and thanks you! The merriest of Christmases to you as well.
DeleteOnce you get old enough to be 'responsible', a lot of those opportunities fade. It's good that she's had this marvelous experience.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a happy Scotsman to me!
ReplyDeleteMost kids her age would have their noses buried in a smart phone. Good job Mr. & Mrs. CW.
ReplyDeleteI dunno. Looks like she, at one point at least, was burying her nose in a Scotsman's cheek. She's a fireball, that kid.
DeleteI got to spend 15 days in the UK in 2004. Best time I ever had.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe this could possibly be the "best version" of, "RULE BRITANNIA"!
ReplyDeleteWhat was the occasion for this performance?
Did anyone else notice that the map at the beginning of the video shows the "United Kingdom" being located at Glasgow, Scotland?
The performance was in London, England, in Royal Albert Hall, with the responding audience also in London, England, gathered at Hyde Park.
Instead of having a female opera singer impersonating a male in military uniform, why didn't they get a male baritone singer?
I could not understand what she was singing, so I had to look up the lyrics.
Happily, I did see a FEW Saint George flags in the crowd, but not many, as the Saint George flag, the banner of England, is now roundly condemned as "racist", offensive, nationalistic, and unpopular.
I saw a couple of Welsh flags, but no Scottish flags.
I even saw a French tricolor!
When Britain first, at Heaven's command
DeleteArose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sang this strain:
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame:
All their attempts to bend thee down,
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
To thee belongs the rural reign;
Thy cities shall with commerce shine:
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown'd,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
Is that church roof in the Rose Chapel?
ReplyDeleteWere those ruins in Scotland or Iceland?
ReplyDeleteWhat were they ruins of?
2 things. It's from the Last Night at the Proms. A british music festival at the Albert Hall every Year, and telivised all over the uk, and the outside shots are from all over Britian.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms
ReplyDeleteWomen singing in men's clothes in opera: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/trouser-roles-opera-history
The Last Night of the Proms is sort of a silly season: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms#Last_Night_of_the_Proms
If you have about 3 hrs to spare, watch the 2 psrts of the 2017 Last Night of the Proms on youtube, to get a better understanding.
They being the people most likely to viewed as a legitimate government should this one fall. That is Obama/Holder redux. wooden gates
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