I’ve written about my beloved adopted home, Paris, but I have yet to actually cover my favorite parts of the city. It’s easy to pick up a guide book to walk around Louvre and the Eiffel Tower and how to rush through the city in three days, but then there’s that exceedingly crucial part of Paris that [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 26, 2009
Cool Tools: The Fab Map
You never want to stand out like a tourist when you are one, so you do as the Romans do – assume the posture, don’t wear the camera around the neck, remove the name badge, wear cool shoes, and you would never be caught wearing the fanny pack anyway. But then there’s always the fact [...]
August 24, 2009
Getting Lost In: Stockholm!
In 1971, my parents went on a trip to Stockholm where they raved, for years, at how advanced Stockholm was, how everything was recyclable, and how the city separated its bus, bicycle and car traffic into separate lanes that never blocked each other. With it they took home a bunch of Stockholm practices and implemented them in [...]
August 19, 2009
Getting Lost In: Visby, Gotland, Sweden!
Before I begin my Swedish series, first let me preface by saying Sweden is extremely expensive. So, in the interest of being cheap, we splurged on a few items: a rental car, a flight to the island of Gotland, and a couple of pricier hotels when there were no other options. Other than that, it’s [...]
August 17, 2009
Getting Lost In: London-town!
It’s hard not to sing “A foggy day… in London-town” while skipping around this fantastic British city, though the rest of the song suggests that London can be depressing unless you are Louis Armstrong meeting Ella Fitzgerald in front of the British museum. There is so much to take in and the tea is really [...]
August 13, 2009
…and we’re back!
(Above: Riding a traditional Swedish Dalarna horse – probably would have gotten me home faster than American Airlines. Normally the ones for sale in trinkety souvenir shops are the size of your hand or smaller. We found this one and its adult-size version at Skansen, in Stockholm. I kept imagining it in Night at the Museum, part [...]
August 7, 2009
On My Itinerary: Gothenburg/Gotenborg/Göteborg
What is particularly cool about typing on a Swedish keyboard is that now I can implement all these letters, like ö and ä and å without having to search through Word symbols and inserting. We are now using the free services of the Apple store to check email and update although the CPU are hidden [...]
August 5, 2009
On My Itinerary: Got Land?
I have to say it just once (although Jon has complained that I have said it at least 10 times already): walking through Sweden is a lot like walking through Ikea. And, it is unstereotypically hot here. As soon as we landed in Stockholm, we were overdressed and sweating as we killed a few hours [...]
August 3, 2009
On My Itinerary: London Town!
Update from London with working Internet opportunity because my friend Dave’s place in Notting Hill has a spotty connection. We’ve now spent three days walking straight across London – day one in the rain, day two and three in the sun, because the Tube costs 4 pounds to ride. If you do the math, that [...]
