#Old buildings

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Ye Olde Cock Tavern, Fleet Street, London.

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An unassuming, almost missable entrance to The Rookery, a historic east London hotel, just a brass name plate and a small buzzer

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springhouse, est. 1873

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A street scene in Chartres by Charles Kuwasseg

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Regensburg old town

Bavaria. Germany

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Back in August, my mother, my sister and I did a three day roadtrip to Lake Placid in New York State, where the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics were hosted. We hiked and visited Adirondack natural wonders the two first days, but because my health was starting to fail me on the second day, we kept the third one for visiting the Downton Abbey costume exhibition at the Lake Placid Center for the arts.

On our way to the exhibit, we passed by the Pines Inn, formerly known as the St. Moritz Hotel, a hotel built in 1907. I had wanted to stay at that hotel, but my mom refused, saying it was in poor shape and looked haunted on the hotel booking sites (she wasn't wrong, but I love that stuff, as you know). I still insisted for us to at least visit it, and we sure did NOT regret it. We stumbled upon one of the concierges (or new owners, correct me if you see this!), and he loved my outfit so much that he gave us a tour of the hotel, including in areas closed to guests. He told us that Albert Einstein and the Kennedys had been guests at the hotel, that there was n*de sunbathing on the roof in the 1930s and that a lot of the furniture was original. Sadly, after the 80s, the hotel slowly went into decrepitude and abandonment, and many things got stolen and damaged. The new owners are currently working hard to restore the hotel, and it's indeed a lot of work.

Outfit rundown Dress: vintage Ingeborg (Pink House) Velvet michiyuki: vintage Hat: Rudsak with added brooch by Fuwari Gloves: vintage Shoes: old Clarks Bag: second-hand Vivienne Westwood Belt: thrifted Big British stamp brooch: second-hand Jane Marple Small marine cat stamp brooch: Via Carousel Anchor and crest brooches: vintage Earrings: old Dracolite

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Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

-- Thomas Fuller

(München, Germany)

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Oxford's beautiful Exeter College, where the astrological doctor Richard Napier studied in the sixteenth century 🌿. Napier consulted astrological charts in his medical practice and treated patients with starry charms 🌠.

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Italy 🇮🇹

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St. Bartholomew's Gatehouse, London.

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Woodbank House, Balloch, Loch Lomond

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Churches in Toruń

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A nice old door!

Not a door, anymore!

Black & white building (& a brown & white dog!)

The days are getting noticeably shorter now it's September... as my Granny used to say "the nights are drawing in". Soon it'll be dark after dinner but today, Flynn & I went managed to get out for an early evening potter in town, before sunset. 1st three pics were taken at the parish church. There's been a church here since the 1000s (poss as early as the 800s), although the part Flynn's sitting in front of was built in 1330. In 1645, it was the scene of a skirmish/battle in the English Civil War... not too much damage done to the building, although some musket shots left their marks! Not sure why, or when that one doorway was bricked up - I'm used to seeing old windows like that - people wanted to avoid the "window tax" in the late 1600s - but funny seeing an entire door just filled in & left! Last pic - the building is now a little museum but it was built in the 1500s & I think it used to be a butchers a long time ago. During the day I wouldn't leave Flynn by the entrance, in case people came in & out but it was nice & quiet this evening!