Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • We have a great travel light; mostly we use it for camping, but it works on traditional trips too, less than 3 inches in diameter. It makes a great night light at each new place. We’ve used it on so many trips that it’s a familiar little beacon. The few times we’ve forgotten to pack…

  • A pleasure of travel is simply walking around in a new-to-me city and seeing whatever is there. Yesterday, after settling in at our hotel in Stockholm we wandered out and found the St. Johannes Church, built in 1890 and part of the Church of Sweden until it was sold in 2024 to the Roman Catholics,…

  • Public transportation in Britain is so uncomplicated. We found a bus directly from Heathrow to Woking, from there a train to Portsmouth (they leave every 10 or 20 minutes), then a return, just as uncomplicated, very little waiting around. Easy shuttles two and from the hotel near the airport. Since transit images are boring. Here’s…