· Updated March 27, 2025 5:06 AM · 4 min read read
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In 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer stirred the travel bug of Brits with his opening lines of the Canterbury Tales:
When in April the sweet showers fall…
And bathed every vein in liquor that has power
To generate therein and sire the flower…
Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage…
To distant shrines well known in distant land.
In 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer stirred the travel bug of Brits with his opening lines of the Canterbury Tales:
When in April the sweet showers fall…
And bathed every vein in liquor that has power
To generate therein and sire the flower…
Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage…
To distant shrines well known in distant land.…