Ella's Adventures Blog
The man who never saw his masterpiece
This is starting to feel like a theme in this series, but I can't resist it. Jørn Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House, those white shells against the harbour that...
The man who never saw his masterpiece
This is starting to feel like a theme in this series, but I can't resist it. Jørn Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House, those white shells against the harbour that...
The castle he barely got to live in
This one's a proper fairytale, and like most fairytales it has a sad bit in the middle. Ludwig II built Neuschwanstein exactly the way he wanted it: turrets, a Byzantine...
The castle he barely got to live in
This one's a proper fairytale, and like most fairytales it has a sad bit in the middle. Ludwig II built Neuschwanstein exactly the way he wanted it: turrets, a Byzantine...
The tower that took a hundred years
I've been sitting with this one for a while, because it isn't really about a building. It's about Antoni Gaudí, who at thirty years old took over a half-built church...
The tower that took a hundred years
I've been sitting with this one for a while, because it isn't really about a building. It's about Antoni Gaudí, who at thirty years old took over a half-built church...
The Statue of Liberty: Bigger, Greener, and Mor...
Everyone thinks they know the Statue of Liberty. And then you actually stand in front of her, and she is enormous and green and a gift from France, and you...
The Statue of Liberty: Bigger, Greener, and Mor...
Everyone thinks they know the Statue of Liberty. And then you actually stand in front of her, and she is enormous and green and a gift from France, and you...
Tintagel, Cornwall: Where Legend Meets the Clif...
There is something stirring about a place that wears its mythology as openly as Tintagel does. The castle rises from its rocky peninsula like something from a half-remembered dream, and...
Tintagel, Cornwall: Where Legend Meets the Clif...
There is something stirring about a place that wears its mythology as openly as Tintagel does. The castle rises from its rocky peninsula like something from a half-remembered dream, and...
Wadebridge, Cornwall: The Town That Named Itsel...
Wadebridge has been crossing the River Camel since the fifteenth century, and the bridge that gave the town its name is still there, still standing, still worth stopping for. Here...
Wadebridge, Cornwall: The Town That Named Itsel...
Wadebridge has been crossing the River Camel since the fifteenth century, and the bridge that gave the town its name is still there, still standing, still worth stopping for. Here...