You know I like to travel, and when I travel, you know I like to visit museums. This post, you get to see not only one, but three fantastic museums in Norway. They highlight some of the best art from Scandinavia. The first museum is the National Museum of Norway in Oslo. Not only does […]
Did you know there is a museum half a block from Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, that could add cultural education to your children’s amusement park entertainment visit? Seriously, the museum’s name is the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. The founders, (the Carl Jacobsen family of Carlsberg brewery fame,) chose the name Glyptotek because in Greek it […]
In this age of democracy, Swedish royal heritage still is alive and well and found in the Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. At 1,430 rooms and 660 windows, the Royal Palace is one of the largest of its kind in all of Europe. It was built on top of the same site as the original palace, […]
Oslo, Norway is gorgeous, one of the most beautiful places in the world. On top of that, the Oslo City Hall outshines most other city halls in its dedication to the Common Man, citizens, and people of Norway. Please take a look at the following video and appreciate the artistic achievements of Norway’s capital city, […]
Vikings are popular. Everybody wants to know more about them. Though you may think of Vikings only as seafaring warriors, they were mainly farmers. They conquered many a-town but were first-rate explorers and traders as well (i.e., discoveries in the West; glassware and rope.) Although the Viking Age only lasted from the 8th through the […]
Flying to America from Europe, I spent a few days and nights in Iceland. Only 390,000 people inhabit the country, and a third live in the main city of Reykjavik, the world’s northernmost capital of a sovereign state. Landing on a cloudy day, it felt like I arrived on a world covered in fog and […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! Since today everybody is from Ireland, I would like to wish all of us a safe and happy celebration. Today’s post concludes a series about my 2024 visit to Ireland. I hope you enjoyed these videos of the past few months, and had as much fun viewing them as […]
Over 2,000 years ago, a fortress was built on the tiny island of Inishmore (Inis Mor) located off of Ireland in the tiny Aran Islands chain in the Atlantic Ocean. Who, why, how, and what for? That is the mystery of Dun Aengus, as great a legend as the lost city of Atlantis itself. Archeologists […]
Though I would never attempt to dissuade fairy tale imaginations, my real-life travel encounters to castles around the world have solidified thoughts about the times and places in which they were built. Those days were rough! How else could a place that was an equivalent to Fort Knox/seat of government/standing armed fortress survive without a […]
When I travel to a new place, I like to hunt for the old. Not literally, but of a sort, I “dig” for human development and achievement in a country’s museums of archaeology, painting, photography, and history. “Main Street” museums in small towns also give us glimpses of past lives in these places. Of course, […]