Svalbard – Close to the Top of the World
After a day and a half in Copenhagen, we flew by way of Oslo, Norway to Longyearbyen, on the archipelago of Svalbard. Like us, you may be asking “Where the heck is Svalbard?”. To...
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Trolls in Denmark – Visiting Thomas Dambo’s creations in and around Copenhagen
On our last two days in Scandinavia among other adventures we went troll hunting with our cameras. We learned of Thomas Dambo and his trolls made of recycled wood and other pieces of the...
Dog Sledding Without Snow in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Norway)
Like all dog lovers, we miss our dogs. We don’t feel like we have enough space for a dog in our downsized townhouse, but that doesn’t stop us from greeting every dog we see....
Alexa’s Elixir (Five Thomas Dambo trolls and a Golden Rabbit)
A trip to the Fargo, North Dakota area (or NODAK as we say!) meant a short drive to beautiful Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and a quest to find more trolls created by Thomas Dambo and...
Malin’s Fountain (Thomas Dambo troll, Pease Park)
Finished in March 2024, Malin’s Fountain is an 18 foot tall troll made of recycled materials resting in Pease Park in Austin. She can be found just north of the bird’s nest structure in...
Cenotes in Yucatan
A simple internet search for “cenote” provides pictures of many seemingly magical turquoise paradises – like the photo below, taken at Yukzonodot cenote by us in 2013. But the cenotes of the Yucatan peninsula are...
Normandy World War II Sites
In my fairly large collection of books on World War II (most of which are in storage at the moment) there exists all manner of perspectives on the Normandy World War II D-Day invasion....
Monet at Giverny
For reasons I do not recall, my mother ran an art enrichment program at my elementary school (good ole Valley Oaks Elementary, part of the Spring Branch ISD in Houston). She would bring in...
Canal Saint-Martin: A River Cruise in Paris
Boat ride on the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris on a beautiful day in July 2022
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Of all the many places we visited in Russia, Saint Petersburg is the one we wish we had more time, and will hopefully return to again. Three days is just not enough; I doubt...