After Greenland, I flew home to KBH to relax for a few days and recover from my sickness which I’m pretty sure was the swine flu. It is EVERYWHERE now in Denmark. On Monday afternoon I flew to London to meet a bunch of friends from SCU. Even before I got on the plane to Read More »
Only 23 days to go until our BIG trip, Indrek and I are off in search of sunnier climes – I’m soooo glad we booked it back in January -summer was such a wash out I think I would have had full on Seasonal Affective Disorder this winter if I didn’t see the sun properly Read More »
Visited the Museum November 20th. There are a lot of pictures inthis blog … see them in extra photos.
The museum is dedicated to the peoples that inhabit the Russian Landt.
Notes …. as written while walking thru the second floor:
- entrance fee 350 rub.; little blue footsie slippers are required over Read More »
Frankfurt was a pleasant surprise.
I arrived at the airport and took the S-bahn into the city, to the main train station (Hauptbahnhof). I had a few hours before the train, so I left the luggage in a locker (costs 2 Euroes, near McDonald’s) and went for a walk. The neighborhood right in front of Read More »
Italians love children. This was presented as undisputed fact before we came here, and in general it seems true, particularly where it concerns babies.
I present, as example, an experience on the vaporetto (water bus) the other day. Ari and I were sitting behind a thirty-something couple. The woman cradled a baby, completely Read More »
Here I am, back in Boston (so annoyed at the Pats’ loss to the Saints last night!), trying to fill in some of the blog holes in my trip. I am still waiting for the Berlin/Poland/Prague/most-of-Rome memory card to arrive, so until then, I’ll start filling in other things.
Here are the pictures I do Read More »
These Army people sure are crazy, it’s just one thing right after another. This time I got invited to be a participant in the world famous Dancon march. I know it doesn’t sound like much but let me tell you, it was a big, big deal!
I had never heard of this particular march, but Read More »
Still in preparation! Trying to get work stuff finished – or I am told I cant go!! Yeah right!! Planing farewell drinks seem to taking priority!xxxx
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Happy belated Thanksgiving to all our American readers! We are back home after our travel in Israel with a stop in the island of Tenerife , located in the Canary Isalnds off the west coast of Africa. Since our return to the U.S., we even squeezed in a trip to NC for the Read More »
