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Oslo, Norway, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The weather on my trip was somewhat like it had been here before I left, but not as bad....

Oslo, Norway, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. From Denmark, I took an overnight ferry to Oslo. I spent three days there, then took...

Oslo, Norway, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

Saeby, DK, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

Saeby, DK, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. On a cloudy day like today, I keep remembering the beach in Saeby, Denmark. It was a short...

Somehow the trip home seemed longer than the one over even though it was one plane less.  Probably because I’m not as tired now as I was...

The trip back from Oslo to Denmark was not so nice. The sea was churning and I felt I had to hold onto the bed or I would fall off. I’m...

I met some interesting people on the walking tour. From all over. From Australia, San Francisco, even a New Yorker living on Oslo for...

The sun was bright almost all day so my boat trip around Oslo-fjord was exceptionally lovely. I went to the Viking Museum, the Norsk...

The ferry ride over from Denmark was overnight. I was lucky with a single bed in a room meant for four. The gentle motion of the boat...

I’m pretty much back in the groove of being home now. I even knew where I was when I woke up this morning. It does still feel a little...

One reason my visit to NYC was so pleasant was the easy commute into the city from where Tamar, Dan and Damian live now.  They moved in...

After a long day hanging around airports in NY and Philadelphia (because of flight cancellations and delays due to fog), I was able to...

Yesterday I went to Guerra Paint to get some supplies. An amazing store. Rows and rows of beautiful colors in little bottles. I wanted...

I’d forgotten how much I love to ride the subway.  When I first moved to Manhattan back in 1960, the subway was 10 cents a ride.  And I’d...

So now I am in New York, checking it out. It’s changed a lot since I lived here. Still very noisy, busy, crowded, maybe more so.  I left...

One of the (many) highlights of my visit to Memphis was the tour of Graceland.  Elvis and rock and roll is what I grew up on.  We called...

Memphis has a wealth of museums and interesting places to see, things to do.  On Saturday morning, I was given a tour of the town.  Our...

I went to PEI for the weekend. (That’s Prince Edward Island, for non-Canadians.) My friend Yoko has some visitors from Japan here for...

Today the call-in question on the Maritime Noon radio show (CBC of course) was: “Are you in favor of space exploration?” It seemed nine...