Observations on traveling as an elder
Observations on traveling as an elder
On the way back home from my last trip to France, I sat next to a woman on the airplane who was an amateur artist, …
The Palace Besides being much more pleasant and relaxing than before, on this second visit to château, we got to actually see what we missed …
My first visit to Versailles in 2019 was a miserable experience. (See the blog entry here.) Besides standing for hours in long lines snaking around …
By now, our sleep cycles had normalized and we got up in time for breakfast, then stood on the sidewalk outside the hotel to be …
With so much see and do in Stockholm, we agreed we wouldn’t plan anything in particular on this second day and would see how we …
This post describes the actual flight to Stockholm and the first day of activity. Except for a couple of small inconveniences, everything went smoothly. It …
At this point, I was able to concentrate on the trip itself. Google Maps’ invaluable “Nearby” feature and street view tool allowed me to check …
GOfeig, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons I watched all of the Vikings TV series when it came out. Great series, great production, lots of …
As is my wont, I begin by looking for novels written by the country’s authors. Like Iceland, most of the books I found were detective …
Pondering where to go for my spring trip, Daughter Betsy suggested I should go to Stockholm. Indeed, I’ve been mumbling about it on and off …