Buildings and Travelling

An amazingly visual way of telling, and, indeed, learning about Eras is to look at the buildings that surround us today. It is quite extraordinary how some of the medieval buildings have survived, and even those castles which are laid in ruins today, still have archways, walls and even staircases.

Like the pictures in the history books, we can learn so much from these very real "momentos" of the past. Today, we see the Tudor buildings, the Georgian houses, the Victorian palaces, the Elizabethan theatres and the Edwardian mansions. Living history for us to see and learn from. Living because many of these buildings are still being used today.

The various ways of travelling have only really changed in the last century. The horse and cart had always been used through the different Era's; it was just the 'cart' that may have changed shape and name. Of course, we still walk places today even though we have the fastest and most comfortable ways of travelling. And the only way to travel to another country was by boat --- from the Medieval to the Edwardian Eras. We still have boats today. We also have aeroplanes, cars, trains, buses, coaches and motor bikes. In fact, the list seems to go on and on. Some of these were started in the Victorian Era when trains and the underground were first built. The motorcar really came into its own during the Edwardian Era, even as the first aeroplanes were invented and "played" with. Travel today, is within the reach of nearly every person on Earth, both financially and physically.

So through the Era's, life has only improved, and we have learnt from the past which helps us with  living in and with the present.
"If you could choose an Era in which to live --- which Era would it be?