Joanna here: This month Ask-A-Wench takes us to visit any time and place in all of history. A five-year visit. The question is, where would you go? And, more important, what would you pack?
Jo has a plan:
Oh, difficult! I don't think I want to go anywhere for 5 years, so I'm going to cheat and say 24 hours.
Because it irritates me that I keep finding new wrinkles on a Regency ball and so many other aspects of Regency life, I'd find the date of a top notch one and turn up in the early morning to observe. All the right clothing and accessories will be in my period appropriate trunk, though I'm sure there'll be problems of some sort.
I'll have correct period money in order to purchase what I nee
d, tip servants etc, and a convincing letter of introduction from some relative far away, say Lancashire, introducing me to the hostess with an "as mentioned in my last letter." Hostess will assume some terrible mix up, I hope, and give me house room and entree to the ball. I will find a reason not to dance because that would really give the game away.
I'd take a smart phone, which I could keep tucked away, but use to sneak photographs and even type in little notes. And when I come back, no one will believe what it was really like at a Regency ball!
Cara/Andrea says:
I would pack a large trunk (because, y’know, that’s how the beau monde roll—none of these gore-tex ballistic nylon roller bags. My lady’s maid would faint from embarrassment, and she might break the vinaigrette in her fall) and fill it with fancy ballgowns and fripperies because my destination would be the Congress of Vienna in the Fall of 1814.
Oh, I would love to be part of all the fancy balls and entertainments—the medieval Carrousel, the Peace Ball at Metternich’s country estate, Beethoven’s concerts . . . Dancing with reigning heads of Europe, including Tsar Alexander would be, um, an experience (I might have to resort to some unladylike defenses if he tried to pinch my derriere!) Like Jo, I would definitely sneak in a modern smart phone to surreptitiously photograph all the gilded splendor. A few videos of the quadrille and waltzes would be fun as well.
Also in my trunk would be a lovely inlaid box of watercolors, because after a stay in Vienna I would
meander through the Alps and take a boat from Calais to London, where I would contrive to study painting with JMW Turner and Sir Thomas Lawrence. (And yes, I shall gladly guide you through my retrospective show at the Met this winter!)
Mary Jo would doubtless pack a fascinating suitcase, but she's living out of actual suitcases at the moment. She sends a wave and a message –
"Mary Jo has been touring Mitteleuropa in Real Time and has mostly been concerned with stuffing clothing back into suitcase since garments double in size after they've been worn."
Anne wants it all:
Anne here, absolutely dithering about where and when to go to. Like the others, I would take essential
supplies, which in my case would be plenty of money of the day, plus gold that could be easily traded if I ran out. I'd take lots of antibiotics and also things like aspirin — and I'd make sure my shots were all up to date. I can't imagine anything worse than being stuck in the 18th or 19th century and being ill and at the mercy of what passed for medicine in those days.
Regency England appeals, for research and for fun and for sheer curiosity — London and Bath and several fabulous country house parties as well as balls.
But Paris at the turn of the 19th-20th century, the Belle Epoque, with the explosion of painting and the arts would be fabulous, too, even though my French is schoolgirl and rusty. Early – mid 19th Century Russia, specifically St Petersburg, would also appeal. Actually, I could combine several of these and have my very own Grand Tour, though travel in those days left a lot to be desired, and I would have to add flea powder and bed-bug repellant or whatever, not to mention some ant-nausea pills for all the bouncing in carriages and boats.
Of course, in all of these situations I would have to command the same kind of living conditions of the aristocratic class — I want comfort and freedom to do what I want. I have no interest in discovering what it's like to be a Regency-era scullery maid, or a milkmaid — except by watching from a distance.
Susan's time and place (and bag):
I'd be off to Scotland in a flash, no question, ready to roam the heathery hills in kirtle and plaidie. But
choosing the time period across the long span of Scottish history is almost as hard as choosing what to bring for an extended stay!
I'd like to jump around — 11th century, 14th, 16th, 18th, 19th . . . but if I had to choose just one time to stay in for a while, I'd leap to the 14th century, just after Bannockburn, when there's peace and a positive spirit building.
I'd choose to be around Stirling and Edinburgh for a touch of the Highland atmosphere while still having access to all the, er, modern conveniences of a royal fortress. Good stone walls and fireplaces, latrines and pine torches, beeswax candles, fine fabrics, good harp music, manuscript libraries and such. I'd like to be part of the royal household so I could meet Robert Bruce (Wallace, alas, is long gone), and hang about the court — then I'd head for the Highlands and find a little croft there and set up as a healer or an artist. Maybe I'd make some paints and try my hand at that.
What's in my leather satchel? (A suitcase would be so conspicuous here!) — well, for starters, plenty of antibiotics and some other useful medicines. Chocolate for sure, lots of that, and good black and green teas. Cotton undies, for sure. I'm not a fan of wool . . . A few books: a copy of Culpeper's Illustrated Herbal (Culpeper dates later than this, but I want to know what those plants are!), a Gaelic dictionary, some of my forever keeper reads for the long winter nights (Mary Stewart travels and re-reads well), and a box of my favorite pens and plenty of notebooks and legal pads. Did I say dark chocolate? I might need a separate bag just to have enough!
Pat joins us with;
I’m going
to reveal my American history roots and say I’d love to go
back to the end of
the American Revolutionary War. Can you imagine the joy of
celebrating a new
nation? And the terror of deciding how to create our own
government? I’d love
to learn the real history behind the
history books. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/
This would
be in 1787 and I’d choose Philadelphia. I’d love to meet
Jefferson and
Franklin. Their intelligence and common sense awe me.
Unfortunately, as a
female, I probably wouldn’t have been allowed inside the
convention halls, but
I bet I could hear an earful at the tavern!
I’d pack whatever
gold pieces I could find, toilet paper, and leggings.
Philadelphia is cold and
those big gowns with no long johns wouldn’t be warm enough for
me!
And Joanna bringing up the rear:
I have my travel plans.
Augustan Rome. Arriving about 30 BCE.
I do not know a heck of a lot about Augustan Rome. I am assuming it looked pretty much like that picture to the left, but I may be slightly mistaken and it looked more like the picure on the right.
Anyhow, they wore pretty and comfortable-looking clothing, which is a big plus for me.
What to bring? I got out my metaphorical suitcase and toyed with several clever ideas. I'd get me some solar panels and a recharging set up and bring my computer and kindle. That's the ticket. I'd have a whole library with me and my working tools. Everything I need to write.
But let's be realistic about this. I know how the world works. I'd arrive and everything would stop working. Give it a week.
I decided to go low-tech. I'd take ballpoint pens, because it would drive me mad to try to write with a quill pen. And notebooks. Lots of notebooks. I am as flexible as the next person, but I do not want to learn to write on papyrus.
So I packed up the suitcase with notebooks and threw in a box of pens (black, fine-line) and was ready to close the lid when I thought, "Shouldn't I bring some antibiotics in case I come down with, y'know, pneumonia?"
I threw in a couple few bottles of penicillin and started to close the lid, then suddenly thought — "No tomatoes." Italy without pizza. This seemed just so wrong.
I tossed in some packets of tomato seed. I'd grow my own, next to the impluvium.
I was shuffling around notebooks to make room for seed packets when it suddenly struck me — soap. No soap in ancient Rome. Could I learn to learn to make my own? Could I become an advocate of
the olive oil rubdown and a good scrape? Did I want to go around smelling like a salad?
Not so much. I chucked some notebooks out in favor of two dozen bars of soap. No toothpaste. I'd chew mint or something.
But hey! That put me in mind of spices! Great Hera, I'd forgotten spices. Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, pepper.
More notebooks gone.
That was when it struck me. This was Europe in The Time Before Coffee.
What a ghastly prospect.
Notebooks definitely out. Coffee in. I'd keep five or six notebooks. I'd learn to do rough drafts on a slate and transfer only the final work to the notebooks. I could live with that.
I closed the lid on the suitcase.
And then I thought …
chocolate.
If you could go on a historical vacation, where would you go and what's the one thing you would absolutely have to pack? Some lucky commenter will receive a copy of Mischief and Mistletoe, our Wench anthology.
I’d love to see Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Court of Love. Imagine the best entertainers of the day trying to outdo one another. Sort of like a historic Grammy Awards – without the twerking! As for my bag, I’d pack plenty of antibiotics, water purification tablets and toilet paper…lots of toilet paper.
I’d love to see Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Court of Love. Imagine the best entertainers of the day trying to outdo one another. Sort of like a historic Grammy Awards – without the twerking! As for my bag, I’d pack plenty of antibiotics, water purification tablets and toilet paper…lots of toilet paper.
I’d love to see Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Court of Love. Imagine the best entertainers of the day trying to outdo one another. Sort of like a historic Grammy Awards – without the twerking! As for my bag, I’d pack plenty of antibiotics, water purification tablets and toilet paper…lots of toilet paper.
I’d love to see Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Court of Love. Imagine the best entertainers of the day trying to outdo one another. Sort of like a historic Grammy Awards – without the twerking! As for my bag, I’d pack plenty of antibiotics, water purification tablets and toilet paper…lots of toilet paper.
I’d love to see Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Court of Love. Imagine the best entertainers of the day trying to outdo one another. Sort of like a historic Grammy Awards – without the twerking! As for my bag, I’d pack plenty of antibiotics, water purification tablets and toilet paper…lots of toilet paper.
They all sound like fun!
They all sound like fun!
They all sound like fun!
They all sound like fun!
They all sound like fun!
It would have to the be the Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo. But I agree with MJ….lots of toilet paper and sanitary supplies because ugh, rags!
It would have to the be the Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo. But I agree with MJ….lots of toilet paper and sanitary supplies because ugh, rags!
It would have to the be the Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo. But I agree with MJ….lots of toilet paper and sanitary supplies because ugh, rags!
It would have to the be the Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo. But I agree with MJ….lots of toilet paper and sanitary supplies because ugh, rags!
It would have to the be the Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo. But I agree with MJ….lots of toilet paper and sanitary supplies because ugh, rags!
Hi MJ —
That’s another era with beautiful clothing. Roberta Gellis’ Alinor visits there and her heroine is courted, in a courtly manner, by her love.
Hi MJ —
That’s another era with beautiful clothing. Roberta Gellis’ Alinor visits there and her heroine is courted, in a courtly manner, by her love.
Hi MJ —
That’s another era with beautiful clothing. Roberta Gellis’ Alinor visits there and her heroine is courted, in a courtly manner, by her love.
Hi MJ —
That’s another era with beautiful clothing. Roberta Gellis’ Alinor visits there and her heroine is courted, in a courtly manner, by her love.
Hi MJ —
That’s another era with beautiful clothing. Roberta Gellis’ Alinor visits there and her heroine is courted, in a courtly manner, by her love.
Hi Gram —
They do, don’t they? I hadn’t realized how many places in the past I wanted to visit.
Hi Gram —
They do, don’t they? I hadn’t realized how many places in the past I wanted to visit.
Hi Gram —
They do, don’t they? I hadn’t realized how many places in the past I wanted to visit.
Hi Gram —
They do, don’t they? I hadn’t realized how many places in the past I wanted to visit.
Hi Gram —
They do, don’t they? I hadn’t realized how many places in the past I wanted to visit.
Hi Samantha —
One of the reasons antebellum American Civil War, late Belle Epoque, and pre-Russian-Revolution books are problematic for me is that I see the thunderheads hovering on the horizon. The Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo would be like that for me — glorious in its acceptance of duty. The ‘dancing on the edge of tragedy’ is so truly heroic on everybody’s part.
Heyer places a scene there. I’ll have to go back and reread.
Hi Samantha —
One of the reasons antebellum American Civil War, late Belle Epoque, and pre-Russian-Revolution books are problematic for me is that I see the thunderheads hovering on the horizon. The Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo would be like that for me — glorious in its acceptance of duty. The ‘dancing on the edge of tragedy’ is so truly heroic on everybody’s part.
Heyer places a scene there. I’ll have to go back and reread.
Hi Samantha —
One of the reasons antebellum American Civil War, late Belle Epoque, and pre-Russian-Revolution books are problematic for me is that I see the thunderheads hovering on the horizon. The Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo would be like that for me — glorious in its acceptance of duty. The ‘dancing on the edge of tragedy’ is so truly heroic on everybody’s part.
Heyer places a scene there. I’ll have to go back and reread.
Hi Samantha —
One of the reasons antebellum American Civil War, late Belle Epoque, and pre-Russian-Revolution books are problematic for me is that I see the thunderheads hovering on the horizon. The Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo would be like that for me — glorious in its acceptance of duty. The ‘dancing on the edge of tragedy’ is so truly heroic on everybody’s part.
Heyer places a scene there. I’ll have to go back and reread.
Hi Samantha —
One of the reasons antebellum American Civil War, late Belle Epoque, and pre-Russian-Revolution books are problematic for me is that I see the thunderheads hovering on the horizon. The Duchess of Richmond’s ball before the battle of Waterloo would be like that for me — glorious in its acceptance of duty. The ‘dancing on the edge of tragedy’ is so truly heroic on everybody’s part.
Heyer places a scene there. I’ll have to go back and reread.
Late 18th century just prior to regency and I would like to be just here !!Well in Dorset.I would like to snoop about the life of a local smuggler Isaac Gulliver and find out what he truly was like.A bit of an Alan Sugar like character I think with a very quick wit.I think I would probably need some night glasses and of course the smart phone with gps – though I suppose without satelites that wouldn’t work ! Some good ordinance survey maps then though that also might be problematic as Bounemouth didn’t exist then and the landscape along the coast would be different.Ah problems problems this is fantasy therefore I could probably just borrow a good horse!
Late 18th century just prior to regency and I would like to be just here !!Well in Dorset.I would like to snoop about the life of a local smuggler Isaac Gulliver and find out what he truly was like.A bit of an Alan Sugar like character I think with a very quick wit.I think I would probably need some night glasses and of course the smart phone with gps – though I suppose without satelites that wouldn’t work ! Some good ordinance survey maps then though that also might be problematic as Bounemouth didn’t exist then and the landscape along the coast would be different.Ah problems problems this is fantasy therefore I could probably just borrow a good horse!
Late 18th century just prior to regency and I would like to be just here !!Well in Dorset.I would like to snoop about the life of a local smuggler Isaac Gulliver and find out what he truly was like.A bit of an Alan Sugar like character I think with a very quick wit.I think I would probably need some night glasses and of course the smart phone with gps – though I suppose without satelites that wouldn’t work ! Some good ordinance survey maps then though that also might be problematic as Bounemouth didn’t exist then and the landscape along the coast would be different.Ah problems problems this is fantasy therefore I could probably just borrow a good horse!
Late 18th century just prior to regency and I would like to be just here !!Well in Dorset.I would like to snoop about the life of a local smuggler Isaac Gulliver and find out what he truly was like.A bit of an Alan Sugar like character I think with a very quick wit.I think I would probably need some night glasses and of course the smart phone with gps – though I suppose without satelites that wouldn’t work ! Some good ordinance survey maps then though that also might be problematic as Bounemouth didn’t exist then and the landscape along the coast would be different.Ah problems problems this is fantasy therefore I could probably just borrow a good horse!
Late 18th century just prior to regency and I would like to be just here !!Well in Dorset.I would like to snoop about the life of a local smuggler Isaac Gulliver and find out what he truly was like.A bit of an Alan Sugar like character I think with a very quick wit.I think I would probably need some night glasses and of course the smart phone with gps – though I suppose without satelites that wouldn’t work ! Some good ordinance survey maps then though that also might be problematic as Bounemouth didn’t exist then and the landscape along the coast would be different.Ah problems problems this is fantasy therefore I could probably just borrow a good horse!
I find the more research I do, the more I like to write about the past, but the less I’d like to live in it.
I suppose I could take antibiotics with me, but then I’d see a lot of poor suffering souls who needed them, and if I lived anytime before the early or even mid-eighteenth century, I’d probably find myself burned as a witch for healing the population.
Then too, I’d end up collecting London or Paris orphans, dogs and cats, probably a broken down horse or two–some wretched canary from a market…. The return trip to the 21st would be tricky to manage, and explanations are–well–awkward.
That said, I’ve always wanted to be able to time travel–vanish into the past for an hour or two, prevent some tragedy or save some life that I’ve long wished could have been saved–and then return with no one the wiser; and the world the better for it.
I find the more research I do, the more I like to write about the past, but the less I’d like to live in it.
I suppose I could take antibiotics with me, but then I’d see a lot of poor suffering souls who needed them, and if I lived anytime before the early or even mid-eighteenth century, I’d probably find myself burned as a witch for healing the population.
Then too, I’d end up collecting London or Paris orphans, dogs and cats, probably a broken down horse or two–some wretched canary from a market…. The return trip to the 21st would be tricky to manage, and explanations are–well–awkward.
That said, I’ve always wanted to be able to time travel–vanish into the past for an hour or two, prevent some tragedy or save some life that I’ve long wished could have been saved–and then return with no one the wiser; and the world the better for it.
I find the more research I do, the more I like to write about the past, but the less I’d like to live in it.
I suppose I could take antibiotics with me, but then I’d see a lot of poor suffering souls who needed them, and if I lived anytime before the early or even mid-eighteenth century, I’d probably find myself burned as a witch for healing the population.
Then too, I’d end up collecting London or Paris orphans, dogs and cats, probably a broken down horse or two–some wretched canary from a market…. The return trip to the 21st would be tricky to manage, and explanations are–well–awkward.
That said, I’ve always wanted to be able to time travel–vanish into the past for an hour or two, prevent some tragedy or save some life that I’ve long wished could have been saved–and then return with no one the wiser; and the world the better for it.
I find the more research I do, the more I like to write about the past, but the less I’d like to live in it.
I suppose I could take antibiotics with me, but then I’d see a lot of poor suffering souls who needed them, and if I lived anytime before the early or even mid-eighteenth century, I’d probably find myself burned as a witch for healing the population.
Then too, I’d end up collecting London or Paris orphans, dogs and cats, probably a broken down horse or two–some wretched canary from a market…. The return trip to the 21st would be tricky to manage, and explanations are–well–awkward.
That said, I’ve always wanted to be able to time travel–vanish into the past for an hour or two, prevent some tragedy or save some life that I’ve long wished could have been saved–and then return with no one the wiser; and the world the better for it.
I find the more research I do, the more I like to write about the past, but the less I’d like to live in it.
I suppose I could take antibiotics with me, but then I’d see a lot of poor suffering souls who needed them, and if I lived anytime before the early or even mid-eighteenth century, I’d probably find myself burned as a witch for healing the population.
Then too, I’d end up collecting London or Paris orphans, dogs and cats, probably a broken down horse or two–some wretched canary from a market…. The return trip to the 21st would be tricky to manage, and explanations are–well–awkward.
That said, I’ve always wanted to be able to time travel–vanish into the past for an hour or two, prevent some tragedy or save some life that I’ve long wished could have been saved–and then return with no one the wiser; and the world the better for it.
Hi Jo —
And now I’m picturing some time traveller shaking the GPS unit, frowning at it. Consulting the Ordinance survey maps in consternation that a whole city is missing.
The horses wouldn’t have changed though.
Hi Jo —
And now I’m picturing some time traveller shaking the GPS unit, frowning at it. Consulting the Ordinance survey maps in consternation that a whole city is missing.
The horses wouldn’t have changed though.
Hi Jo —
And now I’m picturing some time traveller shaking the GPS unit, frowning at it. Consulting the Ordinance survey maps in consternation that a whole city is missing.
The horses wouldn’t have changed though.
Hi Jo —
And now I’m picturing some time traveller shaking the GPS unit, frowning at it. Consulting the Ordinance survey maps in consternation that a whole city is missing.
The horses wouldn’t have changed though.
Hi Jo —
And now I’m picturing some time traveller shaking the GPS unit, frowning at it. Consulting the Ordinance survey maps in consternation that a whole city is missing.
The horses wouldn’t have changed though.
Hi Lucy —
Oooh — the desire to change the past. Paradox. If we come back and everything seems the same, is it because we changed it and now it seems normal?
Mary Jo’s Dark Mirror is an example of going back to be active in the past. Do they change it? Or do they hold the past in a true path?
Mary Jo doesn’t so much ask this, but I couldn’t help wondering myself,
Hi Lucy —
Oooh — the desire to change the past. Paradox. If we come back and everything seems the same, is it because we changed it and now it seems normal?
Mary Jo’s Dark Mirror is an example of going back to be active in the past. Do they change it? Or do they hold the past in a true path?
Mary Jo doesn’t so much ask this, but I couldn’t help wondering myself,
Hi Lucy —
Oooh — the desire to change the past. Paradox. If we come back and everything seems the same, is it because we changed it and now it seems normal?
Mary Jo’s Dark Mirror is an example of going back to be active in the past. Do they change it? Or do they hold the past in a true path?
Mary Jo doesn’t so much ask this, but I couldn’t help wondering myself,
Hi Lucy —
Oooh — the desire to change the past. Paradox. If we come back and everything seems the same, is it because we changed it and now it seems normal?
Mary Jo’s Dark Mirror is an example of going back to be active in the past. Do they change it? Or do they hold the past in a true path?
Mary Jo doesn’t so much ask this, but I couldn’t help wondering myself,
Hi Lucy —
Oooh — the desire to change the past. Paradox. If we come back and everything seems the same, is it because we changed it and now it seems normal?
Mary Jo’s Dark Mirror is an example of going back to be active in the past. Do they change it? Or do they hold the past in a true path?
Mary Jo doesn’t so much ask this, but I couldn’t help wondering myself,
Once you get past the fantasy, the reality of time travel is too cruel. Jo Bev’s idea of only going for 24 hours is probably smartest!
Once you get past the fantasy, the reality of time travel is too cruel. Jo Bev’s idea of only going for 24 hours is probably smartest!
Once you get past the fantasy, the reality of time travel is too cruel. Jo Bev’s idea of only going for 24 hours is probably smartest!
Once you get past the fantasy, the reality of time travel is too cruel. Jo Bev’s idea of only going for 24 hours is probably smartest!
Once you get past the fantasy, the reality of time travel is too cruel. Jo Bev’s idea of only going for 24 hours is probably smartest!
For the 5 year stay, I’d like to come on the eve of the naming of the regent in 1811 (especially the party he throws that evening) and stay through all the key events–Trafalgar, Waterloo, River Thames Frost Festival, Pride and Prejudice being printed, Beau Brummel fleeing.
But for the short trip, Congress of Vienna.
But if it was for a mere 24 hours, I’d like to be in the Tower the night the two sons of Edward IV disappear or are killed.
I have to agree the two things I’d want are coin and sanitary products.
For the 5 year stay, I’d like to come on the eve of the naming of the regent in 1811 (especially the party he throws that evening) and stay through all the key events–Trafalgar, Waterloo, River Thames Frost Festival, Pride and Prejudice being printed, Beau Brummel fleeing.
But for the short trip, Congress of Vienna.
But if it was for a mere 24 hours, I’d like to be in the Tower the night the two sons of Edward IV disappear or are killed.
I have to agree the two things I’d want are coin and sanitary products.
For the 5 year stay, I’d like to come on the eve of the naming of the regent in 1811 (especially the party he throws that evening) and stay through all the key events–Trafalgar, Waterloo, River Thames Frost Festival, Pride and Prejudice being printed, Beau Brummel fleeing.
But for the short trip, Congress of Vienna.
But if it was for a mere 24 hours, I’d like to be in the Tower the night the two sons of Edward IV disappear or are killed.
I have to agree the two things I’d want are coin and sanitary products.
For the 5 year stay, I’d like to come on the eve of the naming of the regent in 1811 (especially the party he throws that evening) and stay through all the key events–Trafalgar, Waterloo, River Thames Frost Festival, Pride and Prejudice being printed, Beau Brummel fleeing.
But for the short trip, Congress of Vienna.
But if it was for a mere 24 hours, I’d like to be in the Tower the night the two sons of Edward IV disappear or are killed.
I have to agree the two things I’d want are coin and sanitary products.
For the 5 year stay, I’d like to come on the eve of the naming of the regent in 1811 (especially the party he throws that evening) and stay through all the key events–Trafalgar, Waterloo, River Thames Frost Festival, Pride and Prejudice being printed, Beau Brummel fleeing.
But for the short trip, Congress of Vienna.
But if it was for a mere 24 hours, I’d like to be in the Tower the night the two sons of Edward IV disappear or are killed.
I have to agree the two things I’d want are coin and sanitary products.
When thinking of taking antibiotics along, I had considered that burning-a-witch thing too. That’s one of the reasons I chose medieval Scotland – the Scots weren’t into witch burning at that point in time (being more laissez-faire than other places) – so I’d probably be OK.
And yes, I agree, it would be tough to bring enough of the stuff for five years. So I’d be collecting moldy bread to help people – along with garlic and other things with a natural antibiotic action.
Elsewhere in Scotland, I’d want to try Mary Stuart’s court as well, and Sir Walter Scott’s Regency Scotland too. And like others, I have a loooong list of other places I’d pop into, but five years is a long time, so it takes some consideration. I’d give medieval England and France a try, as well as Regency and Victorian England. I wouldn’t mind a sojourn in 5th century Greece or Akhenaten’s Egypt. I’d visit one or two of the Native American tribes as well … if I popped out of the sky with a suitcase, they’d probably give me my own tent. 🙂
But anywhere I’d go, TP and chocolate would be mandatory in that suitcase.
When thinking of taking antibiotics along, I had considered that burning-a-witch thing too. That’s one of the reasons I chose medieval Scotland – the Scots weren’t into witch burning at that point in time (being more laissez-faire than other places) – so I’d probably be OK.
And yes, I agree, it would be tough to bring enough of the stuff for five years. So I’d be collecting moldy bread to help people – along with garlic and other things with a natural antibiotic action.
Elsewhere in Scotland, I’d want to try Mary Stuart’s court as well, and Sir Walter Scott’s Regency Scotland too. And like others, I have a loooong list of other places I’d pop into, but five years is a long time, so it takes some consideration. I’d give medieval England and France a try, as well as Regency and Victorian England. I wouldn’t mind a sojourn in 5th century Greece or Akhenaten’s Egypt. I’d visit one or two of the Native American tribes as well … if I popped out of the sky with a suitcase, they’d probably give me my own tent. 🙂
But anywhere I’d go, TP and chocolate would be mandatory in that suitcase.
When thinking of taking antibiotics along, I had considered that burning-a-witch thing too. That’s one of the reasons I chose medieval Scotland – the Scots weren’t into witch burning at that point in time (being more laissez-faire than other places) – so I’d probably be OK.
And yes, I agree, it would be tough to bring enough of the stuff for five years. So I’d be collecting moldy bread to help people – along with garlic and other things with a natural antibiotic action.
Elsewhere in Scotland, I’d want to try Mary Stuart’s court as well, and Sir Walter Scott’s Regency Scotland too. And like others, I have a loooong list of other places I’d pop into, but five years is a long time, so it takes some consideration. I’d give medieval England and France a try, as well as Regency and Victorian England. I wouldn’t mind a sojourn in 5th century Greece or Akhenaten’s Egypt. I’d visit one or two of the Native American tribes as well … if I popped out of the sky with a suitcase, they’d probably give me my own tent. 🙂
But anywhere I’d go, TP and chocolate would be mandatory in that suitcase.
When thinking of taking antibiotics along, I had considered that burning-a-witch thing too. That’s one of the reasons I chose medieval Scotland – the Scots weren’t into witch burning at that point in time (being more laissez-faire than other places) – so I’d probably be OK.
And yes, I agree, it would be tough to bring enough of the stuff for five years. So I’d be collecting moldy bread to help people – along with garlic and other things with a natural antibiotic action.
Elsewhere in Scotland, I’d want to try Mary Stuart’s court as well, and Sir Walter Scott’s Regency Scotland too. And like others, I have a loooong list of other places I’d pop into, but five years is a long time, so it takes some consideration. I’d give medieval England and France a try, as well as Regency and Victorian England. I wouldn’t mind a sojourn in 5th century Greece or Akhenaten’s Egypt. I’d visit one or two of the Native American tribes as well … if I popped out of the sky with a suitcase, they’d probably give me my own tent. 🙂
But anywhere I’d go, TP and chocolate would be mandatory in that suitcase.
When thinking of taking antibiotics along, I had considered that burning-a-witch thing too. That’s one of the reasons I chose medieval Scotland – the Scots weren’t into witch burning at that point in time (being more laissez-faire than other places) – so I’d probably be OK.
And yes, I agree, it would be tough to bring enough of the stuff for five years. So I’d be collecting moldy bread to help people – along with garlic and other things with a natural antibiotic action.
Elsewhere in Scotland, I’d want to try Mary Stuart’s court as well, and Sir Walter Scott’s Regency Scotland too. And like others, I have a loooong list of other places I’d pop into, but five years is a long time, so it takes some consideration. I’d give medieval England and France a try, as well as Regency and Victorian England. I wouldn’t mind a sojourn in 5th century Greece or Akhenaten’s Egypt. I’d visit one or two of the Native American tribes as well … if I popped out of the sky with a suitcase, they’d probably give me my own tent. 🙂
But anywhere I’d go, TP and chocolate would be mandatory in that suitcase.
Hi Pat —
Science fiction brings us Against the Fall of Night and The Crosstime Engineer, where they change history and Dr. Who, where he doesn’t. In Time Travel Romances the whole issue of affecting the past seems to be more or less ignored.
I’m cool with that.
Hi Pat —
Science fiction brings us Against the Fall of Night and The Crosstime Engineer, where they change history and Dr. Who, where he doesn’t. In Time Travel Romances the whole issue of affecting the past seems to be more or less ignored.
I’m cool with that.
Hi Pat —
Science fiction brings us Against the Fall of Night and The Crosstime Engineer, where they change history and Dr. Who, where he doesn’t. In Time Travel Romances the whole issue of affecting the past seems to be more or less ignored.
I’m cool with that.
Hi Pat —
Science fiction brings us Against the Fall of Night and The Crosstime Engineer, where they change history and Dr. Who, where he doesn’t. In Time Travel Romances the whole issue of affecting the past seems to be more or less ignored.
I’m cool with that.
Hi Pat —
Science fiction brings us Against the Fall of Night and The Crosstime Engineer, where they change history and Dr. Who, where he doesn’t. In Time Travel Romances the whole issue of affecting the past seems to be more or less ignored.
I’m cool with that.
Hi Shannon —
Now that’s an idea. To find out what really happened to the two princes in the tower. To know.
Maybe some time traveller went back and saved them. *g*
Hi Shannon —
Now that’s an idea. To find out what really happened to the two princes in the tower. To know.
Maybe some time traveller went back and saved them. *g*
Hi Shannon —
Now that’s an idea. To find out what really happened to the two princes in the tower. To know.
Maybe some time traveller went back and saved them. *g*
Hi Shannon —
Now that’s an idea. To find out what really happened to the two princes in the tower. To know.
Maybe some time traveller went back and saved them. *g*
Hi Shannon —
Now that’s an idea. To find out what really happened to the two princes in the tower. To know.
Maybe some time traveller went back and saved them. *g*
The Duchess of Richmond’s ball would be on my invitation list as I meandered up to Calais. And Joanna, one of my first thoughts was chocolate . . . but I figured Vienna had lots of sweets and hot chocolate ( I could maybe get a delivery of edible chocolate sent in Prince Talleyrand’s diplomatic pouch from M. Debauve’s shop in Paris.)
I hadn’t thought of antibiotics. I sort-of assumed time travelers would be immune to nasty things like disease . . . or stray bullets.
The Duchess of Richmond’s ball would be on my invitation list as I meandered up to Calais. And Joanna, one of my first thoughts was chocolate . . . but I figured Vienna had lots of sweets and hot chocolate ( I could maybe get a delivery of edible chocolate sent in Prince Talleyrand’s diplomatic pouch from M. Debauve’s shop in Paris.)
I hadn’t thought of antibiotics. I sort-of assumed time travelers would be immune to nasty things like disease . . . or stray bullets.
The Duchess of Richmond’s ball would be on my invitation list as I meandered up to Calais. And Joanna, one of my first thoughts was chocolate . . . but I figured Vienna had lots of sweets and hot chocolate ( I could maybe get a delivery of edible chocolate sent in Prince Talleyrand’s diplomatic pouch from M. Debauve’s shop in Paris.)
I hadn’t thought of antibiotics. I sort-of assumed time travelers would be immune to nasty things like disease . . . or stray bullets.
The Duchess of Richmond’s ball would be on my invitation list as I meandered up to Calais. And Joanna, one of my first thoughts was chocolate . . . but I figured Vienna had lots of sweets and hot chocolate ( I could maybe get a delivery of edible chocolate sent in Prince Talleyrand’s diplomatic pouch from M. Debauve’s shop in Paris.)
I hadn’t thought of antibiotics. I sort-of assumed time travelers would be immune to nasty things like disease . . . or stray bullets.
The Duchess of Richmond’s ball would be on my invitation list as I meandered up to Calais. And Joanna, one of my first thoughts was chocolate . . . but I figured Vienna had lots of sweets and hot chocolate ( I could maybe get a delivery of edible chocolate sent in Prince Talleyrand’s diplomatic pouch from M. Debauve’s shop in Paris.)
I hadn’t thought of antibiotics. I sort-of assumed time travelers would be immune to nasty things like disease . . . or stray bullets.
Of course smart phones wouldn’t work so no pictures. Not a drawback for me as I don’t have one.
I would need a couple of pads of paper and pens. I’d like to interview Jane Austen, and Lord Byron about such pesky things as dance cards & waltzes. I’d like to speak to Lord Eldon about guardians, and visit a house to see how meals were served.
I would take clothes and money– coins– and make sure my return ticket was safe at all times. I agree about toilet paper and soap .I would love to visit the Regency for a week or a little more but wouldn’t want to live there,
Of course smart phones wouldn’t work so no pictures. Not a drawback for me as I don’t have one.
I would need a couple of pads of paper and pens. I’d like to interview Jane Austen, and Lord Byron about such pesky things as dance cards & waltzes. I’d like to speak to Lord Eldon about guardians, and visit a house to see how meals were served.
I would take clothes and money– coins– and make sure my return ticket was safe at all times. I agree about toilet paper and soap .I would love to visit the Regency for a week or a little more but wouldn’t want to live there,
Of course smart phones wouldn’t work so no pictures. Not a drawback for me as I don’t have one.
I would need a couple of pads of paper and pens. I’d like to interview Jane Austen, and Lord Byron about such pesky things as dance cards & waltzes. I’d like to speak to Lord Eldon about guardians, and visit a house to see how meals were served.
I would take clothes and money– coins– and make sure my return ticket was safe at all times. I agree about toilet paper and soap .I would love to visit the Regency for a week or a little more but wouldn’t want to live there,
Of course smart phones wouldn’t work so no pictures. Not a drawback for me as I don’t have one.
I would need a couple of pads of paper and pens. I’d like to interview Jane Austen, and Lord Byron about such pesky things as dance cards & waltzes. I’d like to speak to Lord Eldon about guardians, and visit a house to see how meals were served.
I would take clothes and money– coins– and make sure my return ticket was safe at all times. I agree about toilet paper and soap .I would love to visit the Regency for a week or a little more but wouldn’t want to live there,
Of course smart phones wouldn’t work so no pictures. Not a drawback for me as I don’t have one.
I would need a couple of pads of paper and pens. I’d like to interview Jane Austen, and Lord Byron about such pesky things as dance cards & waltzes. I’d like to speak to Lord Eldon about guardians, and visit a house to see how meals were served.
I would take clothes and money– coins– and make sure my return ticket was safe at all times. I agree about toilet paper and soap .I would love to visit the Regency for a week or a little more but wouldn’t want to live there,
Hmm, I don’t know about 5 years, but definitely more than 24 hours.
There really are so many places to go. I’d stick to the Regency period other wise I’d probably be burned as a witch or put in an insane asylum. I’ve been in Brussels, seen the battle ground at Waterloo, and read accounts of The duchess’s party, so I would like to go there. I’d also take money to invest in the change before Waterloo. That way I’d make my fortune.
I’m not sure what I’d need to take in the way of meds, so I’d probably load up.
Good thoughts about the smart phones, but would they work without satellites? Must research. Definitely period clothes. I really get tired of ladies making a decision to go back in time and not having sufficient clothing, unless, of course, you have a husband hanging around ready to outfit you.
Very fun post. I really like the solar panel idea. So much to consider. Shared on FB.
Hmm, I don’t know about 5 years, but definitely more than 24 hours.
There really are so many places to go. I’d stick to the Regency period other wise I’d probably be burned as a witch or put in an insane asylum. I’ve been in Brussels, seen the battle ground at Waterloo, and read accounts of The duchess’s party, so I would like to go there. I’d also take money to invest in the change before Waterloo. That way I’d make my fortune.
I’m not sure what I’d need to take in the way of meds, so I’d probably load up.
Good thoughts about the smart phones, but would they work without satellites? Must research. Definitely period clothes. I really get tired of ladies making a decision to go back in time and not having sufficient clothing, unless, of course, you have a husband hanging around ready to outfit you.
Very fun post. I really like the solar panel idea. So much to consider. Shared on FB.
Hmm, I don’t know about 5 years, but definitely more than 24 hours.
There really are so many places to go. I’d stick to the Regency period other wise I’d probably be burned as a witch or put in an insane asylum. I’ve been in Brussels, seen the battle ground at Waterloo, and read accounts of The duchess’s party, so I would like to go there. I’d also take money to invest in the change before Waterloo. That way I’d make my fortune.
I’m not sure what I’d need to take in the way of meds, so I’d probably load up.
Good thoughts about the smart phones, but would they work without satellites? Must research. Definitely period clothes. I really get tired of ladies making a decision to go back in time and not having sufficient clothing, unless, of course, you have a husband hanging around ready to outfit you.
Very fun post. I really like the solar panel idea. So much to consider. Shared on FB.
Hmm, I don’t know about 5 years, but definitely more than 24 hours.
There really are so many places to go. I’d stick to the Regency period other wise I’d probably be burned as a witch or put in an insane asylum. I’ve been in Brussels, seen the battle ground at Waterloo, and read accounts of The duchess’s party, so I would like to go there. I’d also take money to invest in the change before Waterloo. That way I’d make my fortune.
I’m not sure what I’d need to take in the way of meds, so I’d probably load up.
Good thoughts about the smart phones, but would they work without satellites? Must research. Definitely period clothes. I really get tired of ladies making a decision to go back in time and not having sufficient clothing, unless, of course, you have a husband hanging around ready to outfit you.
Very fun post. I really like the solar panel idea. So much to consider. Shared on FB.
Hmm, I don’t know about 5 years, but definitely more than 24 hours.
There really are so many places to go. I’d stick to the Regency period other wise I’d probably be burned as a witch or put in an insane asylum. I’ve been in Brussels, seen the battle ground at Waterloo, and read accounts of The duchess’s party, so I would like to go there. I’d also take money to invest in the change before Waterloo. That way I’d make my fortune.
I’m not sure what I’d need to take in the way of meds, so I’d probably load up.
Good thoughts about the smart phones, but would they work without satellites? Must research. Definitely period clothes. I really get tired of ladies making a decision to go back in time and not having sufficient clothing, unless, of course, you have a husband hanging around ready to outfit you.
Very fun post. I really like the solar panel idea. So much to consider. Shared on FB.
I think if we worried about changing the future, it would drive us crazy. There is no telling what tiny action might change the future.
The other thing I thought of was what would we bring back? First editions of Jane Austens? Paintings of artists who made very little money in their day but whose works now are priceless?
I think if we worried about changing the future, it would drive us crazy. There is no telling what tiny action might change the future.
The other thing I thought of was what would we bring back? First editions of Jane Austens? Paintings of artists who made very little money in their day but whose works now are priceless?
I think if we worried about changing the future, it would drive us crazy. There is no telling what tiny action might change the future.
The other thing I thought of was what would we bring back? First editions of Jane Austens? Paintings of artists who made very little money in their day but whose works now are priceless?
I think if we worried about changing the future, it would drive us crazy. There is no telling what tiny action might change the future.
The other thing I thought of was what would we bring back? First editions of Jane Austens? Paintings of artists who made very little money in their day but whose works now are priceless?
I think if we worried about changing the future, it would drive us crazy. There is no telling what tiny action might change the future.
The other thing I thought of was what would we bring back? First editions of Jane Austens? Paintings of artists who made very little money in their day but whose works now are priceless?
Hi Cara —
They certainly had chocolate in the Regency. Vienna would have been full of lovely coffee houses.
(No choc in Augustan Rome. Rats.)
Milk chocolate wasn’t invented till 1836. Since I consider dark chocolate to be merely an ingredient in baking I would be soooo sad.
Hi Cara —
They certainly had chocolate in the Regency. Vienna would have been full of lovely coffee houses.
(No choc in Augustan Rome. Rats.)
Milk chocolate wasn’t invented till 1836. Since I consider dark chocolate to be merely an ingredient in baking I would be soooo sad.
Hi Cara —
They certainly had chocolate in the Regency. Vienna would have been full of lovely coffee houses.
(No choc in Augustan Rome. Rats.)
Milk chocolate wasn’t invented till 1836. Since I consider dark chocolate to be merely an ingredient in baking I would be soooo sad.
Hi Cara —
They certainly had chocolate in the Regency. Vienna would have been full of lovely coffee houses.
(No choc in Augustan Rome. Rats.)
Milk chocolate wasn’t invented till 1836. Since I consider dark chocolate to be merely an ingredient in baking I would be soooo sad.
Hi Cara —
They certainly had chocolate in the Regency. Vienna would have been full of lovely coffee houses.
(No choc in Augustan Rome. Rats.)
Milk chocolate wasn’t invented till 1836. Since I consider dark chocolate to be merely an ingredient in baking I would be soooo sad.
Hi Nancy —
So right. Going to the Regency and catching a glimpse of — maybe having an actual conversation with — the literary giants would be so cool. One could sit on a park bench eating strawberries with Caro Lamb.
The strawberries, for the couple weeks they were available, would have been wonderful. Not the huge tasteless trucking-friendly berries we have today. They’d be strawberries we’d call ‘wild’.
Hi Nancy —
So right. Going to the Regency and catching a glimpse of — maybe having an actual conversation with — the literary giants would be so cool. One could sit on a park bench eating strawberries with Caro Lamb.
The strawberries, for the couple weeks they were available, would have been wonderful. Not the huge tasteless trucking-friendly berries we have today. They’d be strawberries we’d call ‘wild’.
Hi Nancy —
So right. Going to the Regency and catching a glimpse of — maybe having an actual conversation with — the literary giants would be so cool. One could sit on a park bench eating strawberries with Caro Lamb.
The strawberries, for the couple weeks they were available, would have been wonderful. Not the huge tasteless trucking-friendly berries we have today. They’d be strawberries we’d call ‘wild’.
Hi Nancy —
So right. Going to the Regency and catching a glimpse of — maybe having an actual conversation with — the literary giants would be so cool. One could sit on a park bench eating strawberries with Caro Lamb.
The strawberries, for the couple weeks they were available, would have been wonderful. Not the huge tasteless trucking-friendly berries we have today. They’d be strawberries we’d call ‘wild’.
Hi Nancy —
So right. Going to the Regency and catching a glimpse of — maybe having an actual conversation with — the literary giants would be so cool. One could sit on a park bench eating strawberries with Caro Lamb.
The strawberries, for the couple weeks they were available, would have been wonderful. Not the huge tasteless trucking-friendly berries we have today. They’d be strawberries we’d call ‘wild’.
Hi Ella —
Oh yes. I was all ready to do the whole solar panel thing. Something like this http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/27/solar-power-suitcase-medical-situations/ maybe …
Hi Ella —
Oh yes. I was all ready to do the whole solar panel thing. Something like this http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/27/solar-power-suitcase-medical-situations/ maybe …
Hi Ella —
Oh yes. I was all ready to do the whole solar panel thing. Something like this http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/27/solar-power-suitcase-medical-situations/ maybe …
Hi Ella —
Oh yes. I was all ready to do the whole solar panel thing. Something like this http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/27/solar-power-suitcase-medical-situations/ maybe …
Hi Ella —
Oh yes. I was all ready to do the whole solar panel thing. Something like this http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/27/solar-power-suitcase-medical-situations/ maybe …