Arriving in Grebbestad on the Bohuslän Coast of Sweden
June 4, 2018. From Alingsås we drove a leisurely route to the Bohuslän coast of Sweden, continuing along it and stopping at the seaside villages of Grundsund, Fiskebäckskil and Fjällbacka […]
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Travel Spanish: En un mapa de la costa
On the map. Tierra: la isla, la península, la playa, la costa, el faro, el malecón, el puerto, el muelle, la punta, el cabo, el acantilado (a cliff), el embarcadero […]
Thorvaldsen Museum of Sculptures in Copenhagen, Denmark
Thorvaldsen was a predominant Danish sculptor who worked in the neo-classical style popular in the 18th century. He lived for most of his life in Rome and was heavily influenced […]
Framing Images in Denmark
Windows were the number one item I used to frame images on our trip to Denmark. Window in Frederiks Church in Copenhagen looking out at another historic building. A window […]
The Patina of Copper in Denmark
There was so much verdigris in Denmark that I thought they must have had a ton of copper mines in the vicinity. But as I learned from the Bronze Age […]
How Not to Starve in Spain
Every time we’ve been to Spain we had trouble with the way they scheduled their meals. If you (like Al) want a big breakfast, fancy some lunch around 1:00 and then […]
The Garden of Newstead Abbey in England
The only garden we managed to visit in England this trip and it was pouring with rain. The Abbey in Newstead is a ruin sitting next to the ancestral home […]
Arriving in Northern Wales Way Too Early in the Morning
May 27, 2016. We arrived at Manchester Airport at 8:30 in the morning after a nine-hour flight in which we had a maximum of two hours sleep. As the day […]
Grundsund on the Bohuslän Coast of Sweden
June 4, 2018. We headed out from my cousin’s home in the forest planning on touring the Bohuslän coast with our first stop at tiny Grundsund. The coastline of the […]
Pentre Ifan Standing Stones in Wales
June 5, 2016. Something that surprised me from our first trip to Wales was how many Standing Stones and Dolmans there were. On our second trip in 2016 we were […]
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