July 7, 2018 - “Kun dode fisk flyder med strommen”. - (Only dead fish swim with the current) - the local slogan for Christiania. We...

July 6, 2018 - It’s 1680 and you are a sailor on some god awful ship cooped up with a lot of testosterone fueled guys and some very...

July 5, 2018 - In 1819 Bertel Thorvaldsen was at the height of his fame. The Danish born artist and sculptor had lived his early years in...

July 2, 2018 - Our little schooner is docked at Stockholm Sweden. We are only scheduled to be here for the morning, so not nearly enough...

July 1, 2018 - We visited Helsinki Finland today for a short visit. We wanted to find this place because of a recommendation is ‘Atlas...

June 30, 2018 - As we finish our time in St Petersburg, why not go out with a bang. When Peter the Great, the son of Pete ‘the Mostly...

June 30, 2018 - Yesterday we explored what has proven to be a highlight of this episode, St Petersburg. The city truly lives up to the...

June 28, 2018 - This is the Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral. It dominates the upper part if the old City of Tallinn Estonia....

June 28, 2018 - We spent yesterday at sea. The weather continues to be very pleasant and the Baltic Sea has been as smooth as a lake. I...

June 26, 2018 - This is an astronomical clock behind the main alter in St Mary’s Cathedral in Rostock Germany. It tells the hour, the...

June 25, 2018 - We are at sea today so I will not have a chance to post so I will put this up tomorrow. This trip involved a lot of...

June 24, 2018 - We leave the excessively expensive city of Oslo tonight by ship. The apartments in the picture below are some of the most...

June 23, 2018 - She writes, “Norway lives up to it’s reputation. A country with a population of five million people that seem to have...

June 23, 2018 - We needed to get to Oslo, the capital of Norway. Traveling from Flam by train will take us over the mountains thru some...

June 22, 2018 - "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread" --- John Muir The first really nice weather today. Hopefully this is a trend...

June 21, 2018 - “....and lo Odin and his brother smote the giant Ymir. And from the giant’s body he created the world”. - Norse story of...

June 20, 2018 - Dedicated to fellow traveler June Clair who so strongly encouraged us to go. We visited the home of Edvard Grieg today....

June 19, 2018 - As you travel, you find every culture has it’s own snack. It is no different here in Norway. Today we tried ‘Reinsdyr...

June 18, 2018 - After providing assistance with some medical drama at 30,000 feet - a flight attendant got ill (She is ok) —. We made it...