Decided to go over the border from England into Scotland to celebrate my Mother's 90th birthday. So why does a snow globe have a blacksmiths anvil as its focus? Gretna Green is a small but famous place for marriages a mile over the border between England and Scotland. The anvil appears with the flames from the blacksmiths forge Gretna became a marriage centre back in 1753 when an Act of Parliament, Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was passed in England this now meant that conse

Picked up these globes during a weekend in Prague (Praha) recently. Many to choose from with richly decorated bases. This one shows The Church of St. Mary of Týn a Gothic icon of Prague, it is located in the Old Town Square. It was built between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, The twin towers are 80 meters high, and adorned with elaborate spires visible all around Prague. The tomb of astronomer Tycho Brahe is inside The ornate base shows the famous medieval clock, a

Some new flights were published by easyjet for Almeria, a city in Southern Spain (from our local airport) which we have never been to. Managed to get a Sunday to Tuesday trip. We are dependent on where and when the budget airlines fly to and what time, and a weekend early morning flight out is our preferred start We obtained this rather unusual globe with the old town buildings and nearby Mediteranean sea represented on the ornate base. The globe itself contains a representa

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