Category: History

This is blog post #21 from our tour of northern Europe. On Tuesday, July 15th, we were offshore from Paamiut, Greenland, having arrived the previous night. We would tender ashore after breakfast. Cathy and I planned to look around the community for as long as she wanted, then I...

This is blog post #20 from our tour of northern Europe. Monday, July 14th, was technically our third “at sea” day from Iceland – that is, we didn’t touch land. But as with yesterday’s incredible day in Prince Christian Sound, today offered much more than open sea. We got...

This is blog post #16 from our tour of northern Europe. At 10 pm on Wednesday, July 9th, we docked at the Akureyri cruise ship dock that was built in 2019 to encourage more visits. We had been scheduled to arrive at 08:00 on July 10th, but we were...

This is blog post #11 from our tour of Europe. On , Wednesday, July 2nd, we were docked at Trondheim, Norway, from 08:00 until 16:00. We had no plans, but our research indicated that walking, we could view the essential city landmarks including Kristiansten Fortress, Nidaros Cathedral, and Old...

This is blog post #6 from our tour of Europe. Our final full day in Paris, Friday, June 27th, was a relatively slow day, with a walking tour of the area around our hotel and then a concert in the grandest local church. Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four...

This is blog post #5 from our tour of Europe. After 7.4 km of walking to experience a bit of the Louvre Museum the morning of Thursday, June 26th, we had a walking tour of Île de la Cité, where Paris began, booked for that afternoon. It was a...

The Louvre Museum is overwhelming. Unless you’ve led a very different life than I have, nothing you see or read with prepare you for it. The onslaught of information, the sight of some of the world’s finest and most famous works of art, is an experience I can’t yet...

This walk a week ago (June 12th) started off to be a look at a short trail I know (the East Airport Access Road Trail), that had just been re-opened, then the planned walk turned into more. Much more! There are 83 photos in this post, my longest ever...

I fired up the V-Star yesterday and hit the road for the first time in two years. I headed west, with Kluane Lake far to the west in my mind but not firmly locked in as the destination. I posted this first photo, shot on the Alaska Highway just...

On Tuesday (May 27th), I drove to Carcross just to see the first train of the season, but it turned out to be a very full day. The weather was mixed sun and cloud, but I seemed to get sun almost everywhere I wanted it. This view of Montana...