GeoGuessr 2 – Birmingham (Pint Shop)
The Pint Shop is listed in Good Beer Guide and has an excellent reputation on-line, so this seemed an ideal
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Birmingham
GeoGuessr 2 – Birmingham (Birmingham Cathedral)
I hadn’t visited Birmingham Cathedral before, so we thought that we’d make a quick visit whilst passing by. It’s the
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GeoGuessr 2 – Birmingham (Canals)
When we were walking from the hotel back to Birmingham city centre, I realised that we were crossing the route
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GeoGuessr 2 – Birmingham (Primark)
I’ve now posted about Primark twice in a week, which is enough shopping blogging to last me for the next
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GeoGuessr 2 – London Northwestern Railway Train to Rugeley Town
To get to our GeoGuessr location, we needed to leave Birmingham to get a train to Rugeley Town and then
Read MoreBirmingham – Barber Institute of Fine Arts (An Old Woman by Bernardo Strozzi)
This artwork was painted by Bernardo Strozzi in Genoa in the 1620s and it’s not actually of anyone in particular.
Read MoreBirmingham – Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (HP Sign)
One of the HP signs which used to be on the company’s Aston Cross factory in Birmingham. The factory originally
Read MoreBirmingham – Barber Institute of Fine Arts (A Portrait of a Boy by Giovanni Bellini)
This artwork was originally used as part of a lid of an inheritance chest and was painted in Venice in
Read MoreBirmingham – Barber Institute of Fine Arts (Joseph Distributing Corn in Egypt by Bartholomeus Breenbergh)
This artwork was painted by the Dutch artist Bartholomeus Breenbergh in 1655 and was purchased by the gallery in 1963.
Read MoreBirmingham – Barber Institute of Fine Arts (The Loggetta, Venice by Canaletto)
I thought that this was a bemusing painting by Canaletto as he’s one of my favourite artists and this looks
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