I found interesting info about Gypsies on the internet.... I might excerpt some of it here...

Here's the first bit:

The term Gypsy derives from Egyptian, reflecting a mistaken assumption of the origins of the people who refer to themselves as the Roma.

Ethnic Gypsies are the descendants of diverse groups of people who were assembled in northern India ( Read more... )

On Tuesday of our first week in Orlando, we visited Epcot ( Read more... )

On the Monday, which was August 6, we spent much of the day at Highclere Castle.... better known as TV's Downton Abbey.  It was the home of Lord Carnarvon who funded Howard Carter in his Egyptian discoveries, including King Tut's Tomb.  So we toured around the house, saw filming locations for Downton Abbey, had a look at their Egyptian exhibition ( Read more... )