2nd Jan 2023 Early in the day, we step out to the grocery store (the main chain is called Konsum market here) to get some supplies. Usually on our travels, we stay at hotels with breakfast included, but this was a departure from normal, as we booked fairly late and only the exorbitantly priced hotels…
1st – 7th Jan, 2023 Croatia | Hrvatska A week’s winter break, to a small but famous city of Croatia. To me, the name “Croatia” sounds very evocative, like it is a faraway place full of adventure and undiscovered joys of travel. There’s so much written about traveling to and living in Croatia, and Dubrovnik…
1st Jan 2023 Getting there We fly on New Year’s Day, 2023. Less crowds, smooth flights even with a layover. A layover, I am surprised to learn, is a rare and slightly anxiety-inducing way of travel for the B! You think you’ve travelled a lot together, you know someone well, and then you learn something…
Shocked and saddened that the Notre Dame has burned down… CNN news article here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/16/europe/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-intl/index.html A pictorial homage to the Notre Dame from my photos from Jan 2012, the last time I saw it.
2019, 8th Edition The theme this year was Disrupt – here you can see the official exhibition info online: https://amsterdamlightfestival.com/en/edition-8 Experience the open-air exhibition “DISRUPT!” from the Amsterdam waters and visit one of the many light art activities during the eighth edition of Amsterdam Light Festival! From 28 November 2019 to 19 January 2020 Amsterdam…
Departing to Oslo from Schipol, Amsterdam, I was pleasantly surprised to see this green-themed Schipol departure lounge. It might be a bit fake to talk about environment friendliness in an airport of all places. I guess this does not help real environment preservation in any way, however, I found it a very pleasant theme to…
