Glenn Dobbs
A Danish episode of "The Wire"
July 7, 2018 - “Kun dode fisk flyder med strommen”. - (Only dead fish swim with the current) - the local slogan for Christiania. We...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Tourist traps and 'Houses of Pleasure'
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Landing at Copenhagen
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 14, 20192 min read
The importance of art
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 14, 20191 min read
The Church of the Rock
July 1, 2018 - We visited Helsinki Finland today for a short visit. We wanted to find this place because of a recommendation is ‘Atlas...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Just a little summer cottage
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 11, 20191 min read
Mother Russia
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 10, 20191 min read
Tension in a very small country
June 28, 2018 - This is the Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral. It dominates the upper part if the old City of Tallinn Estonia....
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 10, 20192 min read
NATO's Article 5
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 9, 20191 min read
Rostock, Germany .... for just a few hours
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 9, 20191 min read
At sea
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 9, 20191 min read
Leaving Oslo
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 8, 20191 min read
A note from Colleen
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 8, 20191 min read
The train to Oslo
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 5, 20191 min read
An amazing walk
June 22, 2018 - "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread" --- John Muir The first really nice weather today. Hopefully this is a trend...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 5, 20191 min read
Odin's Creation
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 4, 20191 min read
Because June said we should go
June 20, 2018 - Dedicated to fellow traveler June Clair who so strongly encouraged us to go. We visited the home of Edvard Grieg today....
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 4, 20191 min read
What happen's if you don't make Santa's team
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...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 4, 20191 min read
It is dark here after all
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...
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