Rococo Revival mirror (1860) was made in Philadelphia and originally belonged to Simon Cameron, Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of War from  1860-1862. 

The Candelabra is a Rococo Revival piece and is one of a pair that were owned by lawyer and statesman, Richard Rush. Rush served James  Monroe as Secretary of State and was U.S Ambassador to Great Britain, 1817-1825, and to France, 1847-1849. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. January 18, 2013 (c)2013 Oxford Prepress and Images
Ivan on holiday at Ironbridge
Me in the Landmark Trust house adjacent to the first Cast Iron bridge in the world, at Ironbridge.
Pizza in Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in of London but is mainly famous thanks to the central square, Covent Garden Square, and its 19th Century neoclassical fruit and vegetables market which is now a very popular shopping and tourist site in the heart of London. The City is a popular shopping and touristic destination around Christmas and Covent Garden, even more than during the rest of the year, is worth a visit for one who wants to feel both the atmospheres of Christmas and UK under the same roof.

When I went to Covent Garden that cold day last Christmas, it was just the perfect time to have a good break and eat something hot while watching a street performer juggle with knives on the top of a ladder (there are street performances each day of the year in Covent Garden except on Christmas Day, good to know if you want to see one!). Thus I stopped at Jamie Oliver (who doesn't know him in the UK?) and Chris Bianco's Union Jacks "where wood-fired flatbread pizzas meet great British flavours".
Stirling, Scotland
Statue of Robert the Bruce, Sterling Castle.
St Andrews, Scotland
This marks the site where Protestant Preacher George Wishart was put to death (burnt at the stake) for heresy; 1546.
St Andrews Castle, Scotland
St Andrews Castle, Scotland
St Andrews Castle, Scotland
St Andrews Castle, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
The New Scottish Parliament building under construction.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The New Scottish Parliament building under construction.
Rococo Revival mirror (1860) was made in Philadelphia and originally belonged to Simon Cameron, Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of War from 1860-1862.

The Candelabra is a Rococo Revival piece and is one of a pair that were owned by lawyer and statesman, Richard Rush. Rush served James Monroe as Secretary of State and was U.S Ambassador to Great Britain, 1817-1825, and to France, 1847-1849. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. January 18, 2013 (c)2013 Oxford Prepress and Images
Rococo Revival mirror (1860) was made in Philadelphia and originally belonged to Simon Cameron, Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of War from  1860-1862. 

The Candelabra is a Rococo Revival piece and is one of a pair that were owned by lawyer and statesman, Richard Rush. Rush served James  Monroe as Secretary of State and was U.S Ambassador to Great Britain, 1817-1825, and to France, 1847-1849. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. January 18, 2013 (c)2013 Oxford Prepress and Images
Rococo Revival mirror (1860) was made in Philadelphia and originally belonged to Simon Cameron, Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of War from 1860-1862.

The Candelabra is a Rococo Revival piece and is one of a pair that were owned by lawyer and statesman, Richard Rush. Rush served James Monroe as Secretary of State and was U.S Ambassador to Great Britain, 1817-1825, and to France, 1847-1849. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. January 18, 2013 (c)2013 Oxford Prepress and Images
See photo in original gallery.