Armchair Travel

After blogging about St. Vitus Cathedral, I remembered a series of prints I had from my mother's college days.  I thought they had long disappeared, but I found them under a pile of old books.  My mother studied art and architecture at Oberlin College in the 1940's.  She had wanted to become an architect but that dream was dashed with the onset of World War II.  I've often thought of following in her footsteps and getting a second degree in art history, but I can't afford both airplane tickets and tuition.  However, travel is a form of education, is it not?

St. Vitus and these prints inspired me to dig out my own History of Art book and reread the chapters on Gothic Art, Architecture and Sculpture.  And so I spent the Sunday afternoon after Thanksgiving curled up on the sofa and revisiting Medieval Europe.  I roamed the cities and countrysides of England, France and Germany, and then ended up in the 19th century, once again marveling at Monet's dreamy rendition of  the Rouen Cathedral.  I had quite a ride!