CROATIA | Thursday, 8 Nov 2018 | Views [379]
Over my first week in Croatia I endeavored to learn words in the local language such as “Thank you,” “Excuse me, do you speak English?” and “Good day”. In Croatian “hv” is pronounced somewhere between a ... Read more >
Tags: biking, food, fortress, hvar, off season croatia, stari grad, stari grad plains, swimming
SWEDEN | Thursday, 20 Sep 2018 | Views [399]
One benefit to catching up with yourself a few weeks on is perhaps that it’s easier to pick the most memorable pieces of each stop to share rather than every detail as it still shines clearly in your mind. Then again what could be said in a few ... Read more >
Tags: food, grinda, nobel museum, old town, stockholm, stockholm archipelago, vasa museum
SWEDEN | Saturday, 8 Sep 2018 | Views [509]
Back in the day, as in the 16th Century, capitals weren’t stationary cities where the business of the country happened, but rather wherever the monarch happened to be. In those days Sweden’s kings spent considerable time in Kalmar, which ... Read more >
Tags: food, kalmar, kalmar castle, kalmar county museum, kronan, scandinavian prices
DENMARK | Monday, 20 Aug 2018 | Views [443]
Like all cities there are certain similarities wherever they are; the hustle and bustle of daily life as thousands of people go about their business, even as you set out to explore the place with new eyes. In Copenhagen I learned to look left and right ... Read more >
Tags: botanical gardens, christansborg, church of our savior, city walking tour, food, national museum, reffen, rosenborg