Scenes from snowy Prague

Greetings from Prague!  » Read the full post

Tags: Christmas, Christmas markets, Czech Republic, Europe, holidays, Prague, snow, travel, winter

Faroe Islands: notes from Tórshavn

Every morning in the Faroe Islands we woke up to a stunning sunrise over Tórshavn, the capital city (if you can call a 3-traffic-light town a ‘city’). The view from the breakfast room at Hotel Føroyar is hard to beat.  » Read the full post

Tags: Europe, Faroe Islands, travel

We have a winner

Congratulations to Bob Kozan, the winner of the Faroe Islands goody bag giveaway (including, among other things, a very swank puffin lapel pin). Bob, keep an eye out for an email from me so we can arrange delivery of your prize.

Many thanks to all of you who entered. I loved reading about your favorite islands. A lot of them got added to my places-to-go list.

Stay tuned for more posts about our adventures in the Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands: the expedition

Hey look, a post by Scott! 

As part of our trip to the Faroe Islands, we were treated to a one-day nature excursion run by CoastZone North Atlantic. When we got up that morning we had no idea what to expect. The first hint that it would be more than a simple hike came when one of our travel companions was told that her boots were inadequate and she was offered a pair to borrow.

Our head guide, Eyðun, had worked for several years as police officer in the Faroe Islands and looked the part. » Read the full post

Tags: Europe, Faroe Islands, hiking, travel

Faroe Islands: the up waterfall

My apologies for the shaky, shaky video. It was pretty windy. So windy, in fact, that the waterfalls were falling up.

Tags: Europe, Faroe Islands, travel, video

Berlin: big city Christmas lights

This year we kicked of the Christmas market season in Berlin, where I fell in love with the market in front of the Rotes Rathaus.  » Read the full post

Tags: Berlin, Christmas, Christmas markets, Germany, holidays, travel

Lurching towards the Faroe Islands

“Don’t worry, this is normal,” said the Faroese fisherman sitting next to us. Even for seasoned flyers such as Scott and me, that didn’t seem like it could possibly be true. Turbulence is one thing, but when it’s happening during a rather steep descent towards an unseen island? I suddenly understood why we had been served so much free liquor on the relatively short flight. » Read the full post

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Giveaway! Win a bag of goodies from the Faroe Islands

Scott and I were thrilled to win a trip to the Faroe Islands in conjunction with TBEX Copenhagen. » Read the full post

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Munich: ’tis the season and all that

There are basically three things I’d like to communicate with this post.

1. Munich is cold and snowy. » Read the full post

Tags: Christmas, Christmas markets, Germany, holidays, Munich, winter

Copenhagen: up-and-coming Nørrebro

If I were to start out by telling you that both of my walking tours of Copenhagen involved close encounters with drug dealers, you might get the wrong impression of the city. So instead I’ll lead with this pig on a car:

One of the best parts of TBEX was the tours of Copenhagen. The first afternoon I got an insider’s peak at Christiania; the second day’s tour took me to Nørrebro, billed as Copenhagen’s emerging hip and trendy neighborhood. » Read the full post

Tags: Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, restaurants, Scandinavia, TBEX, travel