Finding My Ancestors in Skåne, Sweden
This unplanned search for my ancestral homestead turned up many helpful people, some funny stories, and a look at my family’s backyard and grave sites.
This unplanned search for my ancestral homestead turned up many helpful people, some funny stories, and a look at my family’s backyard and grave sites.
Sometimes we get caught up in sightseeing and forget to cover the basics on how we live–that is, how we eat, sleep, and navigate along the way. True happiness is … Read more
The best way to visit Amsterdam: concentrate on the food, the drink, and the museums.
The culinary shift from Belgium to The Netherlands isn’t blatant. More like the transition from the English Channel to the North Sea, you’re not quite sure where it is, but … Read more
When Tom and I start talking about the future, like next month or even next week, we ask ourselves, “Where will we be? What do we want to do?” And … Read more
Because it was first a laboratory for identification, Ardennes American Cemetery is unique in providing burial ground for casualties of every major WWII battle, including the Pacific.
The elixir for eternal youth and the potions for love and happiness were right here at the Alchemy Museum in Prague all the time.
There really is fine art in Vegas, baby, and at least one museum is attracting a steady stream of visitors to its specially curated exhibitions. Currently showing at Bellagio Gallery … Read more
I’ve been hard pressed to describe to friends what we did with our time in Napa this year. We relaxed, we visited cousins in Berkeley and cousins in Sonoma County. … Read more
What we love to do when we travel–visit museums–we often forget to do here in our former home, Minneapolis (Minnesota). Sure, we were frequent visitors to theaters and art museums … Read more