Torshavn
Faroe Islands
July 25, 2015
Dear Friends,
Please forgive me. I just can’t help myself.
It seems like I am stopping my car every five minutes to take photos and more photos.
How can I resist?
The scenery here is … well, let’s just say … unique.
Copenhagen
Denmark
July 22. 2015
Dear Friends,
As its name implies, Copenhagen is a town that has a long history of international commerce and trade.
The name of the city reflects its origin as a harbour and a place of commerce. The original designation, from which the contemporary Danish name derives, was Køpmannæhafn, meaning "merchants' harbour", or Hafn or Havn ("harbour").
Wherever I walk, I find water: rivers and canals and the open sea.
July 21, 2015
The Kingdom of Denmark
Copenhagen, the capital city
A lovely city …
A bright city …
A colorful city …
A walkable city …
A modern city …
A traditional city …
And yet, a city where anything goes?
Skógáfoss
South Coast
Iceland
September 13, 2015
Dear Friends,
Iceland is blessed with a plethora of dramatic waterfalls.
Skógáfoss is 15m wide and 60m high, and is certainly on any Top Ten list (49 ft and197ft).
On my second visit to Skógáfoss, the weather was sunny and even a bit warm for Iceland so I decided to make the climb of 450 steps to the Skógá River above the falls.
Prague
Czech Republic
June 15, 2015
They mourn differently.
I read somewhere that when parents lose a child, the mother and father mourn differently. In general, Women “speak.” Men “work.”
So it was in my own family.
On June 5, 1972, at the age of twenty-eight, my sister Paula Carol Wiesenfeld passed away unexpectedly. From that day forward my mother Ruth Polatschek spoke lovingly and admiringly and proudly of her only daughter.
From that day forward my father Otto Polatschek closeted himself and immersed himself in his lifelong devotion to stamp collecting. He also began a new Project. I can only guess his motivation; he decided to construct a Polatschek Family Tree.
