Monthly Archives: August 2018

Sweden August 31-Sept 3 2018 Capital and largest city: Stockholm. 59°21′N 18°4′E Languages: Official Language: Swedish. Official minority languages: Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, Romani, Yiddish Demonym: Swedish, Swede Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy History: Unified Swedish kingdom – early 12th century. Part … Continue reading →

Sweden South & West Aug 31-Sept 4 2018 SKÁNE (Scania) The most continental part of Sweden is connected to Denmark by bridge from Malmo. Flat, it has fields (it is Sweden’s larder), sandy coastlines and castles. ØRESUND or ÖRESUNG BRIDGE … Continue reading →

COPENHAGEN (pop 1.9 million) Most tourist’s first (and often only) stop in Denmark, it was my last and at the end of 2 weeks seeing almost everything there is to see in Denmark. I purchased the Copenhagen Card – 120 … Continue reading →

DONALD TRUMP alias “AGENT ORANGE” What astonishes me is that no one is discussing Trump’s mental illness – it is clear he has full-blown narcissistic personality disorder – the signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and the severity of … Continue reading →

Funen, Zealand & the Islands Aug 22-26 2018 Day 9 FUNEN ISLAND This island with 470,000 citizens sits between Jutland and Zealand. Odense is famous as the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson. Aarup Mölle. Another windmill in the Nomad Mania … Continue reading →

Funen, Zealand & the Islands Aug 22- FUNEN ISLAND  This island with 470,000 citizens sits between Jutland and Zealand. Odense is famous as the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson. Aarup Mölle. Another windmill in the Nomad Mania “windmill” series, it … Continue reading →

The Viking Age is considered to have started around 898 when Vikings raided Lindisfarne Monastery in Scotland and ended in 1066 when William the Conqueror invaded England and threw out all Vikings from England. Vikings were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse … Continue reading →

THE INTERIOR It is a vast, barren and remote place – true wilderness with practically no services, accommodation, gas stations or bridges, and no guarantees if things go wrong. Historically the routes were used as summer shortcuts between north and … Continue reading →

Danish North Sea Nature Park. This 22,500-hectare park extends 45 km from Nymindegab to Blåvand and then 12 more kilometres south to Skallingen in the Wadden Sea NP. Beaches, sand dunes, and sandy heaths extend to interior plantations of coniferous … Continue reading →

Denmark Aug 14-  2018 The ferry boarded at Torshavn, Faroe Islands at 23:30 on Aug 12. Early the next morning we passed the north end of the Shetland Islands with its lighthouse out on some rocks and geodesic ball on … Continue reading →