By all accounts she was a bit tight-fisted and stopping at other people's places meant the hosts felt obliged to entertain her and her retinue for free.Elizabeth 1 seems to have stopped at a whole lot of inns. Makes you think her entire reign was one long pub crawl.
it ran out of hot water one evening, which was annoying as I'd only half a bath at that point.
The smallest half.Which half?
The half that was left.Which half?
Edinburgh - within short walking distance of three of my favourite pubs in the universe
Which three pubs would that be? Give them a plug?
The Thistle Street Bar, on (unsurprisingly) Thistle Street
Canvey Island
^ Beautiful mate, where is that?
That's looking South(ish) from Prince's Street Gardens in Edinburgh (east of The Mound) - the square towers are part of Assembly Hall at the top of The Mound. Very dramatic cloudscape that afternoon.
Niiiiiice.
My Dad was born and raised there.
Home of the mighty Dr. Feelgood! Essex estuary delta blues! -
You'd probably like this...
I was rather reluctant to try this restaurant out when I was in Budapest last year - can't work out why.
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Maybe while you are in Budapest, and if you are staying nearby - and if it isn't just too damn cold at night - you can have a look at the effect I mentioned in regard to the towers of the Belvárosi Plébániatemplom (the inner city parish church), on the Pest side of the Elizabeth Bridge.
Mentioned last year on The Optical Illusions Appreciation Thread.