Our last day and I managed to catch Dick’s cold, however, I sat in the hot springs tub and enjoyed the morning air.   We had a lovely breakfast and said good-bye to Emma, our host,  These are some beautiful felt art pieces Emma has hanging in her lobby.   We proceeded hacking and sniffling Read more

Today we are in Hveragerdi and after breakfast we may drive the Golden Circle road. But first breakfast! I decided to steam my eggs in a steam vent. Eggs were excellent!  We walked along the river by our guest house.   Remnants of an old woolen mill nearby.  The weather was forecasted for cloudy weather Read more

After an 18 hour delay in Stockholm we landed in Reykjavik at midday and took our car to Hveragerdi to find Frost and 🔥.   Frost and Fire is our destination along a flowing river with hot springs all over the hillside. They have contained their geothermal waters in two hot tubs along the riverside Read more

30,000 islands make up the Swedish Archipelago!   Everyone seems to have waterfront property!   Walking around Varmdo Island on trails linking forest and sea between sun and clouds.   I think fairies may  live here… These sailboats were racing in the high wind. They looked like hydrofoil hulls suspended over the water.   ​ Read more

This ship was underwater for 330 years after being built as a warship with 70 cannons aboard.  It sailed for only forty minutes on its maiden voyage before capsizing as it caught wind in its sails.   It seems it was not the weight of the cannons alone that caused the imbalance but King Gustavus Read more

How about a quick tour of the cabin?    Here is the back view from the bedroom.  A wood-fired hot tub on the deck… Fiorella and her three children flew to Rome this morning.  It is a school vacation week for them. We agreed to feed Billy, their deaf cat, while they are gone.  More on Read more

Traveled from Heathrow to Stockholm on SAS this morning just a little over two hours.    I loved this  Bill Bryson quote because it speaks to me.  Sometimes you just have to feel yourself through a situation like a child and it seems to work.   And that is one of the true values of Read more

Being in London somehow feels like coming home.   With so much music for our generation coming from England and the English literature we were taught in school there are so many familiar place names.  “Abby Road”…”Portobello Belle”….”Waterloo Sunset”….  “Westminster Abby the Tower of Big Ben..(the rosy  red cheeks of the little children)”  ….”London Bridge Read more

The London Eye, a 443′ tall ferris wheel, was meant to be a temporary installation when it opened in 1997.  It is one of the most popular paid tourist attractions in London so it stayed.  It takes 30 minutes to go around and does not stop so you must be prepared to step on in Read more

This is The Shard, Western Europe’s highest skyscraper at 95 stories.  The viewing gallery is on Stories 69-72 about 800 ft up.   This morning I got up early to attend a weekly sky high yoga class on the 69th floor.  The instructor’s name was Leo Lourdes from Yogasphere and he was fabulous.  The morning Read more