Where Would You Go in History?

If you could travel back in time, what period of history would you choose to go to?

A recent post over at Brave New Traveler wrote up a post of the 10 Best Destinations of a historical Time Traveler and England Made the list, specifically London.

From the Post:

5. London, 14th Century
“…the truth was that the modern world was invented in the Middle Ages. Everything from the legal system, to nation-states, to reliance on technology, to the concept of romantic love had first been established in medieval times.”

- Timeline, Michael Crichton

Everyone wants to be a knight in shining armor or a princess fair and true. Chivalry isn’t dead. In fact, if you choose to travel to London roughly seven hundred years ago, you’ll find it quite alive and well.

A walking tour of this city will let you face the first real London Bridge, providing the only access across the Thames. Canterbury Tales by Chaucer paints a rather vivid picture of this era. Many of the buildings in London we associate with medieval times were already in place: The Tower of London, Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey.

Remember to apply insect repellant liberally, as the Black Death was known to pass through Britain and France in this century.

Sounds like fun!

I think I would actually choose to go back in time to see the first performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria in the 1800′s. Not a very Anglophile choice, but I think it’s what I choose. Either that or the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, which IS a very Anglophile choice.

So, where would go if you could go anywhere in history?