Ella's Adventures Blog
The stones that came from Wales
Everyone knows Stonehenge is old and mysterious, but here is the bit that really gets me. The smaller inner stones, the bluestones, did not come from anywhere nearby. They came...
The stones that came from Wales
Everyone knows Stonehenge is old and mysterious, but here is the bit that really gets me. The smaller inner stones, the bluestones, did not come from anywhere nearby. They came...
Ten thousand wishes, stacked one gate at a time
I love a place built entirely out of other people's hopes, and Fushimi Inari might be the clearest example of that I've come across. The shrine itself goes back to...
Ten thousand wishes, stacked one gate at a time
I love a place built entirely out of other people's hopes, and Fushimi Inari might be the clearest example of that I've come across. The shrine itself goes back to...
The bishop who ignored an archangel
Here is my favourite thing about Mont-Saint-Michel, and it has nothing to do with the tides. Back in 708, the story says the Archangel Michael appeared in a dream to...
The bishop who ignored an archangel
Here is my favourite thing about Mont-Saint-Michel, and it has nothing to do with the tides. Back in 708, the story says the Archangel Michael appeared in a dream to...
The black tomb that was never built
Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and if the story's true, he had a second one planned for himself. A French traveller first wrote it...
The black tomb that was never built
Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and if the story's true, he had a second one planned for himself. A French traveller first wrote it...
The mountain that's older than its own ocean
Here's a fact that took me a minute to get my head around. Table Mountain's flat top is made of rock around 500 million years old, laid down in an...
The mountain that's older than its own ocean
Here's a fact that took me a minute to get my head around. Table Mountain's flat top is made of rock around 500 million years old, laid down in an...
The arches that saved the cathedral
Wells Cathedral has one of my favourite emergency repairs anywhere, mostly because nobody would ever guess that's what it is. By 1313, the central tower was in real trouble, cracking...
The arches that saved the cathedral
Wells Cathedral has one of my favourite emergency repairs anywhere, mostly because nobody would ever guess that's what it is. By 1313, the central tower was in real trouble, cracking...