On the southern coast of Finland is the town of Loviisa, a town with about 15,000 inhabitants. About 43% are Swedish speaking. Loviisa is known for its old wooden buildings spared from a big fire in 1855. The town library had a flood and a lot of the books had mold and mildew. Rather than…
Porvoo Finland
On the southern coast of Finland approximately 30 miles east of Helsinki is the town of Porvoo, the second oldest city in Finland. Porvoo old town is a popular tourist destination, popular for its 18 and 19th century buildings and 15th century cathedral. Porvoo Cathedral was built in the 15th century although the oldest parts…
Welcome to Helsinki Finland
Helsinki is the Capital and most populous city in Finland with over 650,000 inhabitants in the Helsinki region. It is also the 3rd largest Nordic city after Oslo and Stockholm. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish. Helsinki was the venue for the 1952 summer Olympics. It was great to meet our new grand dog…
Goodbye Amsterdam
Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands has 165 canals and more bridges than Venice. Combined the canals are over 60 miles long. It is recorded that Amsterdam has around 881,000 bikes and the locals use mainly bicycles to get around the city. Amsterdam is also one of the safest cities in the world. It’s been…
Welcome to Amsterdam
Yesterday we arrived in Amsterdam at 5am Friday which is US east coast time of 11pm Thursday. After hopping a train and then walking a mile on cobblestone streets with our luggage we made it to the hotel and had to sit and wait for a room for several hours because the cleaning crew did…
Hiking Stowe’s Cross Country Center
Today our hiking group walked 4 miles at the Stowe Mountain Cross Country Center which is a popular place in the winter for cross country skiers. In the spring, summer and fall it is a great place to hike in the woods. The weather was perfect today for hiking. Finally a day with no rain,…
Who Could Not Love Vermont?
There is nothing prettier than Stowe Vermont in the Summer, Fall and Winter. Notice I did not mention the Spring when it it so muddy and rainy. But it is so great to be back in Stowe and the walk the Rec path, hike, bike see friends and watch everything starting to come in bloom…
Finally Home
It only took us a month to get home from Indio California after driving through around 14 States. Mostly beautiful scenery and meeting up with family and friends along the way. A nice visit with Gary’s mother in Scottsdale Arizona. A visit with Gary’s cousin Steven and his wife Michelle in Austin, Texas. Many good…
A Night In NY State
Don’t expect to drive through upper NY State to find an RV park that is big rig friendly. We stayed one night at a place that was so wooded with tree branches everywhere that our motor home got scratched on top and we could not get any TV reception or internet due to all the…
Coach work in Tennesse
What do you do when they are working on your bus in Vonore, Tennessee? You walk over to the Marina and watch them hoist the boats up in the air to take them over to the water. No we are not getting a boat.