Sweden: The Ultimate First-World Country
We’ve reached Malmo for the second half of our Swedish journey. Here there were only frosty hills, lots of green actually, and it’s a bit warmer than Stockholm. No snow to be found. As we glided to the airport on the Arlanda Airport 20-minute shuttle, I thought about how advanced […]
Video of the Koh Phangan Thai restaurant, Stockholm
Here is what you see and hear as you enter this fantastically wild Thai restaurant in SoFo, one of Stockholm’s coolest neighborhoods. The green curry and baby back ribs were delicious!
Seeing Gamla Stan with Ylva da Silva
Ylva da Silva showed us her hometown this morning. It was brisk, about 20 degrees, and we took off walking to a nearby underground station and then jumping aboard a city bus. We were headed to the Old town, on the island of Gamla Stan, one of fourteen islands that […]
A Christmas Tree with Lit with Candles in Stockholm
From my previous trip here to Sweden last December I knew that the holiday of Christmas is celebrated with more vigor and enthusiasm here than in any other country. This darkened nation revels in their candlelit doorways and every window in the city has a triangle of lights or a […]
Settling in to the Hotel Hellsten in Stockholm
After a train, monorail, two planes, a train and a cab, I’m in my room at the Hotel Hellsten in downtown Stockholm. The temperatures are cold, but there is no snow on the streets here, but it has that feeling in the air that it’s about to snow. At 3:30 […]
"All We Have Is Pasta and Pizza" Say Italians
I joined my mom and dad out on their enclosed porch to read a New York Times article about the malaise that is modern Italy. The sleet rained down and it’s quite cozy in here. It seems that everything is going wrong in Cindy’s adopted country…from Europe’s lowest birthrate, to […]
You Think It’s Expensive Here to Ride?
I’m spending part of today with my family in Blawenburg NJ, the town and the house where I grew up. Last night it was nice to see two of my sisters and other relatives gathered around a huge table. I’ve got that familiar pre-trip feeling, trying to make sure I […]
Rushing Out the Door to Stockholm
A nervous end of the day because I’m on the road tomorrow for a week. What did I forget? Tomorrow I begin with an early morning bus ride, Springfield to Port Authority then a visit with an ad agency we work with. Then I meet Val, my mother, at her […]