Category: events
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Our trips 2018, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy 2019 ! It is a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. We traveled more in 2018 than 2017, at least in terms of distance traveled. Chris had been to Hong Kong and Tokyo twice and went to the Middle East. Click…
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Our home over Christmas 2017, Tromsø
Before spring arrives, we want to post these pictures before they become out of season. We went to Norway over Christmas. Our first destination was Tromsø in Northern Norway – at the top of the Scandinavian land mass. It is the third largest urban area north of the Arctic Circle (following Murmansk and Norilsk). Most of Tromsø, including the…
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Our trips 2017, part 2
Dear Readers, It has been a tradition of this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. In Part 1, we posted photos of places we visited in the second half of 2017. Here are the places we visited in the first half. As you will see, we…
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Our trips 2017, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy New Year ! This is our first post of 2018. It is a tradition of this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. Overall, we traveled less in 2017 than 2016, at least in terms of distance traveled. We did not leave Europe after our…
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Our trips 2016, part 2
Dear Readers, Happy New Year ! This is our second post of 2017. It is almost a tradition of this blog – the first two posts take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. I(Chris) had the good fortune of having visited the capitals of 6 countries – Japan, Italy, Russia, Korea, Spain…
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Our trips 2016, part 1
Dear Readers, Happy New Year ! This is our first post of 2017. It is almost a tradition of this blog – the first two posts take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. Click on links, where provided to read more about the places of interest. There are usually…