“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden
When I travel to a new place, I love to walk around and check things out. Most times when I travel somewhere, my step count is usually 15,000 or more. Good thing, as a classroom teacher, I normally walk that most days. Walking isn’t anything new for me. Walking around a flat classroom and a hilly city are two different things. At least if I get tired in the classroom, I can sit down for a moment. If I am walking around in a new city, sometimes I have to get creative. When I walk around a new place, I usually have my camera right beside me, capturing photos along the way.
I visited Newcastle, England for the first time this summer. My wife and I took the train to the heart of the city. Then we just started walking towards the waterfront. On the way there, we found the castle that is called the Castle Keep. The Newcastle Keep is a remarkably preserved 12th-century Norman fortress located in the city center of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and is the very origin of the city’s name. Commissioned by King Henry II and built between 1172 and 1177, this Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument stands alongside its 13th-century fortified gatehouse, the Black Gate. Together, they form what is known today as Newcastle Castle.
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