Catching Up Back At Home And Here Too

It's late and it has been a long and busy and fun day.

I'm going to quickly write about the cats and critters back home and post a few pictures of today's adventure.  I'm not going to say where we went, but perhaps you can figure it out - guesses welcome.

The cats have been pestering me long distance.  They feel that they've not received the 'face time' due to them. So here are sojme recent photos thanks to my sister.

Padma (bottom right) has taken to rolling about in/on my podophyllums as though they were catnip.

Solomon is once again wearing a cone of shame. He had a recurrence of a medical issue - we hope this second surgery will be his last. 

On the critter front - it is Baby Time.  My sister felt the fawns were less than 24 hours old on the 3rd of June when she took the top right photograph. We have lots of swallow babies, and my sister has counted four different quail families - each with around ten chicks.  I am waiting to hear if the Acorn Woodpeckers show up later this summer at the peanut feeder with newly fledged babies.  I think that would me most exciting.

Now on to today's adventure.  Here are the clues:  

Cobblestone streets with old buildings.

A major river that often floods in winter months.

Norman defenses.

An iconic cathedral.

Close up of the cathedral - also referred to by another ecclesiastical name which I will not use as it would give the game away.

Guesses, anyone?