a website for curious travelers
Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about Europe, including France, Ireland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Italy, and more.
History is a fickle lover, turning against the great leaders she once adored when the tides of fate bring new leaders and new ideas to power. I use links to improve your experience using this Read More …
I never finished editing my pictures from my visit to Finland in 2010 and now the cousins I visited then are coming to visit me. Their upcoming visit has served as good motivation to get Read More …
In 1998 I celebrated my birthday by meeting the President of a municipality in Portugal, touring the city library, attending an art opening for a Japanese artist, and dining at a fabulous restaurant.None of this Read More …
I’ve been to Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic), but I’m ready to go back again any time. In part that is because we have friends there (I miss you Andrew and Lesley!) and Read More …
Gotland, Sweden has everything a traveler could want: a vibrant medieval city filled with dramatic ruins, timeless country churches, Viking graves in windswept meadows, and sprawling beaches. And lots of arts, music, and good food. Read More …
In 2004 I visited Ireland for the first time, spending my time in the northern half of the country. Less familiar to most travelers than the south, northern Ireland (both the Republic and Northern Ireland Read More …
Travel journals Ireland 2004 Touring the North of Ireland (December 11, 2012) Ireland 2009 (London and Ireland)
For various reasons, Croatia has been on my mind this week, so I’m taking a break from posts about the Seychelles to focus on Dubrovnik this week. Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic, is a Read More …
My husband and I took an Adriatic cruise in 2004 that began in Venice and took us along the coast of Croatia and Montenegro to Corfu, Greece, and back again. At that time Montenegro wasn’t Read More …
I promised to share 50 of my most memorable travel moments. But life interfered. . . These memories aren’t presented in any particular order. Nor do they carry a particular theme or lesson or emotion Read More …