by Linda Aksomitis | Sep 1, 2014
Caernarfon Castle, a giant fortress built by King Edward I to guard the former principality of Gwynedd, sits on the banks of the River Seiont, in north Wales. But Caernarfon is at least the third castle to stand guard in this spot, since both the Normans and the...
by Linda Aksomitis | Feb 19, 2013
We see signs everywhere–small, tasteful signs. Enormous billboard signs. Signs that direct. Signs that advertise. Signs that inform. While we may think of signs as a modern invention, they’re definitely not! Way back in 1393, King Richard II, of England,...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jul 31, 2012
Bricks covered the walls and ceiling–if indeed you could call the arch overhead a ceiling. They weren’t the symmetrical rectangular bricks I was used to, rather these bricks were thick and thin, long and short, pock-marked and smooth. These bricks were...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jul 14, 2012
It was the first day of the new year, 1295, and King Edward I of England feared all might be lost. Madog ap Llywelyn, who some dared to call Prince Madoc, was leading the Welsh against him. The rebels had already occupied four of Edward’s castles: Caernarfon,...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jul 22, 2010
It was my first morning in Wales — and I was ready to leave the beautiful Royal Oak Hotel in Welshpool and go exploring! I’d already eaten what turned out to be the “standard” British hotel breakfast of fried side bacon, sausages (two kinds, neither...
by Linda Aksomitis | Mar 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010: Our tour bus navigated the narrow roads of Wales — the driver bent over the enormous steering wheel on what, to me, was the wrong side of the vehicle. Of course, the traffic was all coming at us on the wrong side of the shoulder-less highway...
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