Travel Letters

Mykines for the Birds

Mykines

Faroe Islands

July 23, 2015

I'm so angry!

Nowhere in any brochure or on the website or anywhere is there any indication of a strenuous four-hour hike to see some birds!

We hop off the boat at the Meknes pier.  Only then does the captain-guide give us the news!

When I booked this cruise-day-trip, I expected to encounter the bird colonies here in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.  The guide failed to mention the location!

Ystad: Ales Sterner

Kåseberga

Sweden

August 1, 2015

Hello,

In the south of Sweden, on the bus from Ysad, I met a young man who told me to get off at Kåseberga, three more stops.  From there I would be able to walk to Ales Stener.

The young man said he was also going to see Ales Stener so I was puzzled when he got off the bus well before the stop he suggested to me.   When I asked him why, he said, “I am flying there.” 

Flying there?  It’s only a few kilometers!

Dalmatian Coast: Split

Split

Croatia

May 30 2015

 

I adopt three distinct strategies to avoid the teeming hordes streaming through the streets of the Old City of Split.

The first strategy is to avoid them altogether by wandering towards the port and then up the cobbled streets and stairways to the hills above the city.   Great scenery…well worth the climb....

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