Tag: Visit Europe
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In Bruges.
It’s a fairy tale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairy tale town not somebody’s f****** thing? How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful f****** fairy tale stuff, how can that not be somebody’s f****** thing, eh? A line spoken by Ralph Fiennes in the 2008 movie…
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A Visit to the Military History Museum, Budapest.
I love a good museum and I’m always on the hunt for one that will entertain, educate and inform me. The Military History museum in Budapest fulfilled all those things. On a cloudy Saturday morning, following a very wet Friday, I headed over to the Buda side to find the museum. The subway journey was…
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Wordless Wednesday
I understand that Wordless Wednesday is a thing on WordPress. So, I present one photo but no words. Though I really want to explain and expand on this photo the wordlessness has to speak for itself.
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The Buildrager, Antwerp
Wandering the beautiful streets of Antwerp I encountered this guy with his sassy, defiant stance. The words arbeid vrijheid on his base. A quick Google translate tells me those words mean Labour Freedom. I spent some time trying to learn more about him. There was not much detail online or history in regards to the…
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Antwerp Bunker Museum.
Hidden in a park on the outskirts of Antwerp lies this lovely, strange and surprising museum. The bunkers here were built in 1943 as part of the Atlantic wall defense shield around the coast of Europe by the German army during World War II. The troops which were stationed here in the bunkers and surrounding…
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Scala Rotherham.
When opened in 1934 the original name of this cinema was The Regal. It featured 1825 seats along with three dressing rooms and a café. On opening night the first movie shown was Girls Please starring Leslie Howard. As an added draw for the crowds, the famous comedian Sandy Powell attended (pictured below). The cinema…
The History Hunter 