Last Monday we returned to Assisi. We went down the stairs in the Basilica of Saint Francis to the chapel of his tomb. Two priests were there, quietly available, they handed out prayer slips to those who wanted to submit a prayer, or they just acknowledged your presence with an encouraging nod. I sat in…
Category: Europe
Sketching, Seeing and Connecting
While traveling the world, earning the title of theTravelsketcher, two things were special and added to the enjoyment of my travel. One is that I was doing urban sketching before I ever heard of the USK movement, I just sketched what was in front of me. The other was the interaction with people that sketching…
The Oldest Home in the UK
In Derbyshire, on the banks of the Trent River, stands a limestone Anchorite cave church. Archaeologist Edmund Simons said: “Our findings demonstrate that this odd little rock-cut building in Derbyshire is more likely from the 9th century than from the 18th century as everyone had originally thought. This makes it probably the oldest intact domestic…
Villages, Castles, and Cuisine
Tricia asked me the same question that I have asked so many people over the years, but I was stumped, I did not have a ready answer. We of course talk about travel often, that is like breathing and eating for us, but she asked specifically, “Where do you most want to travel when things…
The Royal Crescent, Bath, England
Travelsketching while on the trip forces you to slow down and savor a time and place, flipping through sketchbook journals after the trip rekindles the feeling of a place better than just photos. TheTravelsketcher has discovered that doing a sketch from a photo after the trip also transports you back to the place a bit….
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