Riga, Latvia
On our way to Tallinn from Stockholm, we had a 2 hour lay over in Riga. I quickly looked at other flights and found that I could give us a 7 hour lay over which gave us 5 hours in the city.
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Author: Eileen Brisbine
After retiring in May of 2017, my daughter suggested I start blogging about my retirement adventures. I love to spend time in the outdoors hiking and mountaineering. I am the first person to say yes when a travel adventure is suggested. Hope you enjoy my retirement as much as I do.
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Stockholm, Sweden
After our world wind tour of Norway, it was good to have 3 nights in the same place in Stockholm.
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Norway – Sognefjorden to Flam to Oslo
My best description of Norway is the Pacific Northwest on steroids. The weather report really doesn’t mean a thing in Norway. The rain comes in regularly but in greater volumes. The wind will blow your jacket off if you don’t have it zipped. Every day is grey but it is accompanied by fog. And when…
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Norway – Vidden, a Norwegian hiking loop
Bergen is the 2nd largest city in Norway. It is the gateway to the fiords. And Goretex rain jackets are a necessity. We quickly learned just to leave it on when going outside. If it isn’t currently raining, it will be soon. We never did figure out the difference between a 0% forecast of rain…
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Copenhagen, Denmark
There are a three things you should know about Copenhagen before you visit. Number 1, bicyclist rule. More people are hit by bicycles than cars.
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Amsterdam, Holland
After a stop in Brussels for lunch, we were off to Amsterdam.
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London, England
Even though this was my fourth trip to London, it was different than all the others.
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Beatbox Workshop in London
IMG_3761 Beatbox video from our workshop at the Roundhouse Theater in London
North Cascades
Gunsight and Sinister, Glacier Peak Wilderness
Enjoying a high snow year, Jim and I were excited to try a 6 day trip into Gunsight and Sinister. The area is most famous for it being on the Ptarmigan Traverse near Dome Peak. We had originally planned the trip for Memorial Day weekend but we feared the snow pack would be too much.…
Central Cascades
Tamanos, Mt Rainer National Park
For Derek’s 20th birthday, we headed out to Tamanos peak in the Mt Rainer National Park. Erika joined Derek, Jim, and I.