A recent trip to Scandinavia gave me the opportunity of a lifetime: visiting the capital city halls of Sweden, Denmark & Norway. A trifecta! Stockholm & Copenhagen built their modern city halls at about the same time, but Oslo wouldn’t start construction until a few decades later… yet they all have similar themes. Let’s take a closer look at each.
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My second year of tour guiding began with yet another assist on the Best of Europe II tour, this time with Dave Hoerlein as lead guide & mentor. He had so much good advice —just like Mary Carlson during the previous year— and gave me the confidence to become a lead guide myself. I still remember many people in this group & hope some of them will stumble upon this post!
The selection above comes from six rolls of film taken during the May portion of this trip. I can tell my composition is improving, but I’m still not able to handle exposure as much as I’d like. All in due time…
Read More »25 years ago: may 2001
Let’s get started with the first post about a 2025 trip to Sicily. Once again I helped train a new guide for Rick Steves’ Europe & found myself in awe… mainly because the whole island resembled southern Spain in so many ways. I fell in love with Trapani at first sight because it felt just like Cádiz to me!
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Only a single roll for this month, but some historically relevant photos of Buenos Aires.
Read More »25 years ago: april 2001
I’ve already written about Semana Santa in Sevilla & shared some of my favorite moments, so is there a need to write more? Of course! Each year brings new emotions as well as new ways to enjoy Holy Week, & 2026 turned out to be super special. Here’s why…
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