Global warming is happening every day. I happened to witness it firsthand during our recent visit to Svalbard.
Svalbard is a special Arctic landscape that is attracting many tourists.
Following our two weeks in Germany and Sweden, we flew into Oslo, Norway, one day early before the flight to join our Hurtigruten cruise around the Svalbard island chain. Upon the recommendation of my old friend Per (who is Norwegian but lives in Germany), we[…]
Enjoy my observations about life in Sweden with photos that each tell their own stories.
This blog is being sent from Aachen, Germany, an historic city on the western side of Germany just a few miles from the borders with Holland and Belgium. Let’s review the difference between the awareness of history in the US as opposed to Europe. Aside[…]
This blog presents photos from one of India’s most beautiful states, Kerala, home to tea plantations, houseboats, and Kathakali dance.
I experienced wildlife in India that I had imagined could only be experienced on an African safari.
If one picture is worth a thousand words, then this picture blog would qualify as a small book. Mysore is a city of two million in southern India. Two million is considered a moderate size city in India. The Mysore Palace is the second most[…]