Putting on the Ritz

Queen Victoria is amused.

Hand powered

Getting from here to there the old fashioned way.

Industry lived here

Where the Industrial Age began.

Canals and Railroads

Building blocks to a great city.

Now for something completely different

Manchester before the big game--City versus United.

The ancients

Always with the stone heroes.

The royal gardener

Carlos had a green thumb.

Under glass

On to the greenhouses, horticulturists.

My lovely

Come here, my lovely.

At the Royal Gardens

Country life in the city.

Let's see…

What have we here.

Wrap-around art

It's here, it's there, it's everywhere.

Thyssen galleries up to stuff

Top of the world, art lovers!

Primary colors

Red enough?

Rounding out the top three

The Thyssen, named for, well, the German billionaire who donated the art.

Lunch, si?

Al fresco, too.

Cozy

Small gallery for the smaller stuff.

Spanish light

Between galleries at the Sofia.

If you're hungry

Unicorns, of course, are not real.

Lot's going on here

Hang on to your hat.