Category: travel

  • The last several days we’ve been getting the hang of public transportation in Stockholm, not just buses and trains , but ferries too. Here’s a view from the ferry of Djurgarden Island, its popular amusement park and its old sailing ships. And a quote that caught my attention recently, from American entrepreneur Naval Ravikant, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Ravikant…

  • This is what 70 looks like on me. I’m in Stockholm with my genius partner Craig, who asked me what I wanted for my birthday while we were at the Royal Palace. I requested a box of chocolates, which we found conveniently in the Royal Palace gift shop. This is typical me, slightly disheveled, sweets…

  • Meet the Brunkeberg Ridge Tunnel. Stockholm has a ridge running through it, thanks to ice age shenanigans. As the city grew up on either side of it, crossing it was a pain, especially in the age of power by horses. Then this genius entrepreneur talked the powers that be into letting him build a tunnel…