Medieval town, cobble stone streets, gothic architecture, easy to navigate, lots of free wifi, can’t get lost, great food, friendly service, city walls, guard towers, town square, great coffee, no cars, another UNESCO World Heritage site. Metro the the ferry. […]Read Post ›
First stop, grocery store. Food from Market Square Porridge, smoked salmon, meat pie, berry pastry with vanilla cream. Emma was smiling after the first bite. A few fun beer choices. One of our most memorable meals of our travels was at Sandro, conveniently located in our building. I […]Read Post ›
There is plenty of public transportation but the weather was so nice we walked everyone! First day clocked over 10 miles. Uspenskin Cathedral This red brick church was built in the Russian Byzantine style in 1868 and is the largest Russian Orthodox church in Western Europe. The wooden arch, Kamppi Chapel of Silence is a […]Read Post ›
All the sunlight in Iceland made it easier to catch our 7:30 a.m flight to Helsinki. Four hours later and 30 degrees warmer we arrive in Helsinki. We took the public bus to Hakaniemi Square in the Kallio district which was very close to our Airbnb. Our host met us at the apartment. The apartment was […]Read Post ›
History and Nature – Þingvellir North American & Eurasian tectonic plates are slowly splitting apart from each other At Þingvellir – “Parliament Plains” – the Alþing general assembly was established around 930 and continued to convene there until 1798. Today Þingvellir is a protected national shrine. Thingvellir is […]Read Post ›
Vagabond Diaries 