Scenes from the world before…part five
Via francigena
Walking to Rome: London Six
One last day in London,
chasing persecution and martyrdom
on the London Martyr’s Way
from Tower Hill
to St. Eltheldreda’s Church. Continue reading
Walking to Rome: London Five
Neil
(a fellow Winnipegger)
at home in Blackheath.
Gracious host,
Good friend.
Making his home our home
for one more night. Continue reading
Walking to Rome: London Four
A little lost in Newington
But found on Roupell Street.
Our circuitous way
to Tate Modern
Walking to Rome: London Three
A day at the Victoria and Albert
With Neil.
Jewellery.
Photography
with Henry Fox-Talbot
Walking to Rome: London Two
To Albertopolis:
and the Royal Albert Hall;
and the Royal College of Music;
and the Royal College of Organists;
and the Albert Hall Mansions;
and the Albert Memorial.
Walking to Rome: London One
London,
Where our pilgrimage began 26 days ago.
St Martin-in-the-Fields,
Luminous music.
National Gallery,
Guilded art.
Walking to Rome: A (Half) Day In Reims
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 16 Redux
This is the last walking day of our first stage of the Via Francigena. If the photos seem familiar, it is because we completed this day’s walk on September 24. I wanted to report the successful completion on that day even though I had only posted days 1 to 11 by that time. The missing days 12 to 15, along with a few rest days, have now been completed and posted. I’m now up-to-date.
To bring some closure, here is my earlier, slightly edited Day 16 post:
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 15
Péronne. A lovely town richly endowed with post-war Art Deco architecture. And, set within the walls of the town’s 13 C. castle, is the modern Historial of the Great War, designed by architect Henri-Edouard Ciriani.
Thankfully, our walking day to nearby Trefcon would be a short one, leaving us the morning to explore this museum which examines, with unflinching candor, the making of a war, its horrors and its aftermath. Among the artifacts and state-of-the-art presentations is Der Krieg (The War), artist Otto Dix’ collection of fifty unsettling etchings depicting the war as he experienced it from the trenches.
