tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post7361303165981398891..comments2023-10-23T15:28:20.754+01:00Comments on Wendy Robertson Life Twice Tasted: Global Interests & Travelling in the HeadWendy Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-91355167711845924322009-08-16T12:18:48.148+01:002009-08-16T12:18:48.148+01:00Dear Pinkpackrat
I think proxy travelling by inte...Dear Pinkpackrat<br /><br />I think proxy travelling by internet as the miracle of modern times. Bon Voyage!!!<br />Scarborough was wonderful - rather more foreign in some ways than France...<br /><br />wxxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-18585607190008252562009-08-16T12:16:13.300+01:002009-08-16T12:16:13.300+01:00Thanks for the super and very useful info Al, Paus...Thanks for the super and very useful info Al, Pausanius was on my list but now I've ordered two books and am checking him out in other ways. Agde the place at the core of the old part of story was both a Greek and a Roman port in antiquity - called by the Greeks 'Good Fortune'- down the Med coast from the more major port of Marseille (Masallia to the Romans...) So these places will be part of the journeys. The nearby River Herault was also a great conduit through Gaul in those times too. And the massive Roman Via Domitia marched along this coast. I'm going to have a good time making this travel map to stick on my wall... thank you again Al.<br />wxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-33030946771637760002009-08-08T22:16:18.909+01:002009-08-08T22:16:18.909+01:00I shall look forward to your thoughts from Scarbor...I shall look forward to your thoughts from Scarborough (which for me is terra incognita.) I travel a great deal by internet these days and find the voyages most satisfying :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-21359683267886265862009-08-08T12:30:13.905+01:002009-08-08T12:30:13.905+01:00Have you read Pausanias' Guide to Greece? It i...Have you read Pausanias' Guide to Greece? It is tour guide written for Romans in the 2nd Century. It is a long time since I read it but I am pretty sure he has sections on how to get to places. Probably a very good source on how people got around. I seem to remember reading (I can't remember where) that the accepted way for gentry to get to Britain was by ship to Marseilles, across land to the Channel and re-embarking there. There is certainly plenty of archaeological evidence for Roman traders sailing past Gibraltar to Northern Gaul and Britain. Oh and I nearly forgot There was a huge river borne trade running from Switzerland along the Rhine to the Low Countries. Ships then crossed the North Sea or coasted back along to the Gaulish coast.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.com