OUR JOURNEY

London to Stockholm, Sweden – May 2, 2026 Such a relaxing industrial landscape! Last night's sleep is at the Hilton Garden Inn. There is nothing ‘garden’ about this hotel which is literally attached to Terminal 2 at Heathrow. The building is encircled by parking garages, freeways, and cloverleaf intersections. In the near distance are airport structures and taxiways. There is not a tree in sight. Our window grants us a perfect view of high speed traffic. On the positive

Leipzig to London – April 13, 2026 Snagging a coffee at the Leipzig train station Easter week is finished in Germany and now we move on. Today there are conveyances hired to drag us to and fro: train to Berlin Main Station, train from there to Flughafen (airport), aircraft from Berlin to London, then Underground rail from Heathrow to Russell Square. I begin the day in a stunned, half-catatonic state and never feel the need to generate much more energy than that. After all,

Seattle to Leipzig – April 1-2, 2026 This is the run-up to Easter Week, 2026 and that means we’re pointing our noses toward Leipzig, Germany. We have been going there for 12 years give or take a Covid interruption or two. Our friends there are happy to see us and treat us like family. Easter week is the equivalent of a long Spring Break in Germany, more so if you’re a student or a school official. Katherina, Helene, and Wille all qualify and therefore will be free to caro

Seattle to Iceland – September 29, 2025 We’re off and running again. Or floating. Or driving. Or flying. Or railroading. How about all...