The King’s Palace
Yesterday afternoon I rode most of the on-off bus route and made it back to the boat, only to crash for an hour. After I woke up, I walked up the hill on the land side of the boat and … Continue reading →
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Copenhagen Canals
I got the tour boat at Nyhaven, a beautiful old wharf street, and rode way out into the harbor, past new windmills and old armories, the Queen’s yacht, and, of course The Little Mermaid, overrun with tourists. I got a … Continue reading →
Tivoli
Yesterday evening was clear and beautiful so I went over to Tivoli, which is only a few blocks from the hotel. I found it completely enchanting, everything I had always thought of it being. The rides– I didn’t take any … Continue reading →
The Rosenborg Palace
The first day in Copenhagen, I found the Rosenborg palace but was too tired to go into it. The next day, I took the hop-on-hop-off bus (what a good idea this is for large cities, but not for small where … Continue reading →
Copenhagen redux
So: I am on the bus from Boston to Portland. Every connection on this whole trip has gone smoothly, and this was no exception, although I didn’t really expect to spend an hour running between gates in Frankfurt. Enormous, confusing … Continue reading →
On to Tallin
Back on a boat, this time leaving Tallin. This one, the Baltic Queen, seems more upscale than the Victoria I rode away from Stockholm on, and accordingly the passengers seem more upscale! I have no idea how one could time … Continue reading →
Stockholm spin
So, Stockholm. I arrived at the Red Boat hostel/hotel around nine at night, dead tired from a day of doing nothing. Tiny, clean room, but you had to ask for the towel, the glass for water, and though there were … Continue reading →
Bergen
What can you say about a day when the most memorable thing about it, other than the weather, was the hotel breakfast! The breakfast, part of the deal at this pricey Bergen hotel, is truly outstanding. Lasted me much of … Continue reading →
Fabulous nutshell tour
From Oslo to Myrdal Although I know from long experience that pictures taken through train windows may evoke a memory for me, they really aren’t very interesting to others, but now I can remember what the scenery going up to … Continue reading →
Warm day in Oslo
HOT HOT HOT. It’s five and I’ve been out of the hotel since ten. At the palace for some time watching the endless parade but I got claustrophobic and left, just as a quick downpour started. I made my way, … Continue reading →
Kon Tiki & Viking Ships
Start with putting my feet up in a once-grand apartment in Oslo, after a good day but a lot of walking. I had an interesting visit with a Norwegian woman at the breakfast buffet. She came to the table with … Continue reading →
Under sail
I am sitting on the top deck, no. 11, of the ship to go to Norway. My cabin, which is ever smaller than the one in the Cabinn hotel, is on deck 10, but clean and tidy. The boat hasn’t … Continue reading →
Walking Copenhagen
I’m getting used to being in a European capital again. Narrow streets, fancy sculptures and details put there in 18th-century or even earlier, and people bustling in every direction. Here in Copenhagen it is bicycles bicycles bicycles. They have their … Continue reading →
To Copenhagen
After lunch in the Lodge, on Sunday, Mother’s Day, Jeanette took me to the visitor center in Brunswick where I caught the bus to Portland and then to Logan to the plane. The bus was on time and the plane … Continue reading →