I’d never heard of Gothenburg until I started looking at the VisitSweden website, trying to plan for us to explore the West coast of Sweden. It’s Sweden’s second city and noted for good food, culture, sustainability and ease of getting around. It’s all that and more. The bus from the airport brought us straight into …
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Red Poppies, and other wonderful things
Just before we left home, I had to pack up the large set of 5 red poppies from my show. They’re heading off in a moving van to California with all the other furniture their new owner is taking from her house on Peaks. I got Will to help me get them snug with bubble …
Beautiful Lisbon
We stayed in a hotel/bed and breakfast called Dear Lisbon -Gallery House that we’d found on another visit to Lisbon. It ‘s comfy and lovely with art and artistic styling, and it’s great walking anywhere from there. AND that cool Tram 28 stops right outside which is truly one of the best way to see …
More about Madeira
We walked through Santa Maria street late one night on our way back to our house. Even though it was late, there were lots of people out, and many sitting at tables still having dinner. Will and I both stopped often to photograph doors with intricate or simple paintings, poems and other embellishments. We’d already …
Madeira, Portugal: home of very steep hills, many tunnels, flowers, flowers, flowers, super steep roads to climb, and home to Cristian Ronaldo.
It’s a long flight journey from Boston to Funchal Madeira, with a lay-over of a few hours in Lisbon airport where my brain decided I just had to sleep. We made it to the island late Friday morning after easy flights and a good snooze in the Priority Lounge (thank you Christopher for turning me …
Beach and Bike Week on Texel in North Holland
I’ve written a lot about Texel, so I will make this short and tell more with photos to illustrate why we keep returning there. All the people we meet are kind and friendly, curious how we found their island (Lonely Planet). The bike shop guys knows us now and gives a a bit of a …
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Beach and Bike Week on Texel in North Holland
I’ve written a lot about Texel, so I will make this short and tell more with photos to illustrate why we keep returning there. All the people we meet are kind and friendly, curious how we found their island (Lonely Planet). The bike shop guys knows us now and gives a a bit of a …
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A “Sweet” Place to Stay in Amsterdam
We’ve stayed in several different places in Amsterdam in years previous. This year we thought we’d try one of the Sweets Hotel 28 former bridge houses. I know this doesn’t look like much from here, but check out #103 Buiksloterdraaibrug on the link above. The inside is done very compactly like inside a boat. You …
Copenhagen: city of boats and bikes
Will had been to Copenhagen once with Charles for a brief trip a few years ago, and again just before the pandemic shut the world down. So we decided to go for a few days before heading to the Netherlands so I could see what they both liked about the city. Like Amsterdam, the first …
A Day’s Outing in North Berwick, Scotland
Will heard about North Berwick when he went to the Apple store in Edinburgh for something for his computer. The guy who helped him lives there, and told Will it was a great day trip. So off we went on the train Tues morning for the very quick 35 min trip there. The day was …
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Birdgirl’s travels 