Travel blog posts with lots of pictures and practical tips from some of my favorite places and discoveries in the US and Europe.
Cascais, Portugal: One of My Favorite Spots in Europe discovering cascais You know how when you hear about something new, be it a word or song or place, it starts showing up everywhere? That’s what happened with me and Cascais. In all the years I lived in Sweden, I never thought to visit Portugal for…
Spring Fling: A Visit From South America A Fling of Sandpipers A fling of Sandpipers! What do you like most about the coast? One of the many things I love about living here is getting to observe and be part of the changes every season brings. From warm summer days when everyone is on the…
Beautiful, Cool and Weird Clouds Beautiful, cool, and weird clouds on the coast of New England One of the many things I love about living on the coast is the rapid change in weather and how it can go from sunny to stormy, and back again, in no time. There is something so majestic about…
Bergianska Botanical Garden, stockholm, sweden Bergianska Botanical Garden Bergianska Botanical Garden is one of my absolute favorite places in Stockholm and I always visit several times when I’m in town. It’s gorgeous and peaceful, easy to get to, and there is lots to see. The garden was started by two brothers as a horticultural school…
Things to do in Stockholm: Ulriksdal Garden Centre Ulriksdal Garden Centre In this “Things to do in Stockholm” post, the hunt for the flowerpot continues! As I mentioned in the Ulriksdal Palace post, the reason we went there in the first place was because I had seen a flowerpot in a Swedish decorating magazine that…
Ulriksdal Palace: Things To Do in Stockholm, Sweden A visit to Ulriksdal Palace It all started with a flowerpot. No, not the palace, but my reason for visiting. I had not been to Ulriksdal Palace as an adult until a few years ago. And we didn’t visit for cultural enrichment – it was because I…
10 Reasons I Love Stockholm (and you will too) Stockholm, Sweden, really is one of the most fabulous and beautiful cities in the world. I know it’s usually not in the top 5 of most people’s Europe travel wish list, but it should be! It has so much to offer. While this post may be…