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The Arctic Circle – Winter’s Disneyland
I have never been to Disneyland but I imagine that it is a little like the Arctic Circle in December. Manic children, frazzled parents, staff in costume, a babel of languages. Just outside the town of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland … Continue reading
Posted in Finland, Travels
Tagged Adventure, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Finland, Lapland, Photography, Travel, Winter
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The mask-maker of Bangkok
Twelve years ago, the back streets of Bangkok. We are somewhere near the river taxi dock for Wat Phra Kaew, and very far from home. It is early but already the heat and the humidity are high. I feel a … Continue reading
Posted in Travels, Writings
Tagged Adventure, Bangkok, Photography, Thailand, Travel, Writing
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333 years underwater – Stockholm’s Vasa Museum
Sweden’s most visited tourist attraction is a museum with just one exhibit. How does something so simple draw such large crowds? Well, it’s one special artefact. The Vasa Museum, situated on Stockholm’s Djurgården island, is home to the world’s only … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden, Travels
Tagged Archaeology, History, Photography, Scuba diving, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel
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Skansen, the world’s oldest open air museum – Stockholm
National history museums are often high on my ‘must see’ list when visiting a country for the first time. They are the perfect place to learn about the local culture, both from the artefacts on display and the displays themselves: what a people … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden, Travels
Tagged Adventure, History, Museums, Photography, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel
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Vintage Fun at Gröna Lund, Stockholm’s city centre amusement park
It had been a cultural morning, a stroll around Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s old town, followed by a visit to contemporary photography gallery Fotografiska in the Södermalm district. The gallery is on the waterfront and, as we stepped out in to … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden, Travels
Tagged Adventure, Amusement Parks, Photography, Rollercoasters, Stockholm, Sweden, Theme Parks, Travel
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Subterranean Sweden – Stockholm’s subway art
Stockholm is a beautiful city, famed for its open spaces, waterways and islands. So my travelling companions were unsurprisingly shocked when top of my itinerary for our long weekend in the Swedish capital was a tour of its underground train … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden, Travels
Tagged Adventure, Art, Photography, Stockholm, Subway art, Sweden, Travel
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Virtual Travels – journeys through the weird world of Instagram
After a summer of relative regularity, my posting activity became a little sparse. One reason for this is that, towards the end of July, I dipped my toe for the first time in to the inviting waters of Instagram. I … Continue reading
