Texas history is very interesting! Thanks for showing us the Which Way Tree. Where are you going overseas? If Europe, I am positive I could give you some ideas of places to film videos.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed. We are heading to France (Paris but hoping to make it to Normandy also) and UK (London and Edinburgh). Advice would be great. Thank you.
@@earthandtime5817 I do not know Paris that well but I have been to Normandy. Normandy: Caen - Chateau de Caen, Église Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux (Old St. Stephen's Church), Église Saint-Nicolas de Caen (Saint Nicolas Church); Arromanches-les-Bains - Musée du Débarquement (D-Day Museum); Omaha Beach - Mémorial du cimetière Américain (American Military Cemetery at Omaha Beach); The Pointe Du Hoc London: Of course, all the sights in London, which I won’t list… however, you might not be aware of the Wallace Collection which is exceptional and the British Museum is a must see. Edinburgh: Of course, Edinburgh Castle, all the sites along the royal mile all the way down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. I should point out that a visit to the UK and only going to London and Edinburgh means you are missing a lot. There is so much richness to experience outside of those two cities. For example, if you take the train from London to Edinburgh, you 100% need to stop off in Durham and visit the Durham Cathedral. It is one of the best, if not the best example of a Romanesque cathedral in Europe. If you have a car, the coastline between Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh is incredible: Tynemouth, Alnwick Castle, Dunstanburgh Castle, Bamburgh Castle, the Holy Isle of Lindisfarne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Tantallon Castle. I did my Masters in Archaeology at Newcastle University, so the north of England and the borderlands are my home away from home.
Favorite piece of historical flora.... hmm. Well, it's not terribly important, but in the Hudson Valley in New York state, at one of the Vanderbilt properties, there is a massive, multi-centennial ginko sitting in the lawn. Records indicate that George Washington probably planted it, and since it was one of the earliest cultivated ginkos in the U.S., a good fraction of the ginkos currently available in the nursery trade are related to/descended from it.
Texas history is very interesting! Thanks for showing us the Which Way Tree. Where are you going overseas? If Europe, I am positive I could give you some ideas of places to film videos.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed. We are heading to France (Paris but hoping to make it to Normandy also) and UK (London and Edinburgh). Advice would be great. Thank you.
@@earthandtime5817 I do not know Paris that well but I have been to Normandy.
Normandy: Caen - Chateau de Caen, Église Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux (Old St. Stephen's Church), Église Saint-Nicolas de Caen (Saint Nicolas Church); Arromanches-les-Bains - Musée du Débarquement (D-Day Museum); Omaha Beach - Mémorial du cimetière Américain (American Military Cemetery at Omaha Beach); The Pointe Du Hoc
London: Of course, all the sights in London, which I won’t list… however, you might not be aware of the Wallace Collection which is exceptional and the British Museum is a must see.
Edinburgh: Of course, Edinburgh Castle, all the sites along the royal mile all the way down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
I should point out that a visit to the UK and only going to London and Edinburgh means you are missing a lot. There is so much richness to experience outside of those two cities. For example, if you take the train from London to Edinburgh, you 100% need to stop off in Durham and visit the Durham Cathedral. It is one of the best, if not the best example of a Romanesque cathedral in Europe. If you have a car, the coastline between Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh is incredible: Tynemouth, Alnwick Castle, Dunstanburgh Castle, Bamburgh Castle, the Holy Isle of Lindisfarne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Tantallon Castle.
I did my Masters in Archaeology at Newcastle University, so the north of England and the borderlands are my home away from home.
Favorite piece of historical flora.... hmm.
Well, it's not terribly important, but in the Hudson Valley in New York state, at one of the Vanderbilt properties, there is a massive, multi-centennial ginko sitting in the lawn. Records indicate that George Washington probably planted it, and since it was one of the earliest cultivated ginkos in the U.S., a good fraction of the ginkos currently available in the nursery trade are related to/descended from it.
Thank you so much for sharing. Appreciate it!
What is the source for this story?
Dis someone record it it in a Diary or was it word of mouth?
I want sources:)
Cheers,
Rik Spector
I read it at a museum and then saw it on a historical marker. Let me do some extra digging.