Category Archives: Travel Journal
Church of the Day – Grundtvig’s Church, Copenhagen
Grundtvig’s Church was built in memory of the priest, hymn writer, and educator Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783 – 1872). His significance for Denmark was so great that it was decided to build a memorial in his honor. Two competitions for … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of the Day, Copenhagen, Denmark, Grundtvig
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More Amsterdam Images
Bringing you along to enjoy several more sights in the city… A few folks famous for their Amsterdam connections: A Rembrandt self-portrait in the Rijksmuseum We couldn’t get tickets to the Van Gogh Museum but we saw this Van Gogh … Continue reading
Lovely visit to Amsterdam!
A year and a half after we originally planned to visit Scandinavia, we have arrived. Well, almost. Our planned trip last April was via a repositioning cruise to the Atlantic coast of Europe, then Netherlands, then Sweden and Norway on … Continue reading
A short and very sweet visit to Bratislava
Our good friend Viktoria is from Slovakia, so on our tour of Central Europe we took a short daytrip to Bratislava, the capital city. We were fortunate to arrive in October 2018 as the city and country were remembering the … Continue reading
Return to Keuka, Part Deux
Aspen, home of John Denver and Patrick O’Connell! Continuing our eastward travels with tours of beautiful natural scenery, we visited John Denver Sanctuary. It is manmade, but it is certainly a lovely naturalized spot filled with flowing water, standing rocks … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspen, bison, Colorado, Custer State Park, lupine, Maroon Bells, Mount Rushmore, national park, Needles Highway, prairie dogs
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Return to Keuka, the latest in a series
We’re back on the road again*, heading east from California to New York. We always marvel at how easy it is for us travel compared to the pioneers from 150 years ago. When we were living in the Tahoe area, … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado, Great Basin, national park, Nevada, Sand Mountain Recreation Area
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Yellowstone Revisited
We were in Yellowstone in 2014, seeing Old Faithful, Mammoth Springs, mudpots, and other sulfurous activity in the caldera. We also visited the Lamar Valley, with animals galore. This time we’re focusing on the eastern side of this vast park. … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, mule deer, national park, wildlife, Yellowstone
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Sonoma is open for business!
We had a lovely weekend in Sonoma October 7 and 8. The sun was shining and the temperature was in the mid-80s. We walked a couple miles to get to Sonoma Plaza, just as peaceful as we remembered it from … Continue reading
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
While this isn’t the first national park, it’s a very important one. Our 26th president, Teddy Roosevelt, spent many happy seasons here in North Dakota hunting bison, exploring badlands, and developing a lifelong love for naturally wild areas. Fortunately, for … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Badlands, buffalo, deer, mule deer, national park, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National park, wildlife
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Big Animals, the 2017 Version
We’re on the road again, heading from New York to California. It’s been a while since we’ve updated our travel stories, but we came across a site that was so impressive the blog had to come out of retirement. This … Continue reading
Finger Lakes to Lavender Fields 