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!
Saksun
Streymoy Island
Faroe Islands
July 26, 2015
My Dear Friends and Family,
Today is my last full day here on the Faroe Islands.
I decide to drive north from my hotel at Torshavn and continue north and northwest to the town of Saksun at the very end of the road on Streymoy Island.
What shall I find along the way?
What shall I discover at the end of the road?
Malmö
Sweden
July 31, 2015
The taxi ride from the train station to the hotel is quite brief, yet my driver, an Iranian man, never stops smiling.
I immediately like this city.
The ornate and colorful architecture is impressive without being intrusive.
The grand Stortorget plaza is just that – grand.
Malmö
(pop 279,000)
Sweden
August 2, 2015
Sunday
Weather clear and warm.
Stores closed.
Great day for a stroll.
Boating on the canal.
Bicycles on the bridge.
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!
Longyearbyen
Svalbard (Spitsbergen)
August 7, 2015
Sawatdee krop,
I arrive at the airport in Longyearbyen.
It’s 10:00pm.
The evening sky is overcast. The clouds are bright.
A young guide greets me at the airport.
“When does it get dark?” I ask him.
He smiles and responds, “This is as dark as it gets.”
“Wow! I know my geography. I am above the Arctic Circle!”
