A view of New York, from the Queen Mary 2 as it sailed into the city. You can’t see it here, but the Statue of Liberty was just to the left, and the skyline dead ahead. And it was every bit as impressive as I thought it would be. Arriving to the US this way… [Continue Reading]
It’s funny what you fall out of the habit of doing when you live somewhere else for awhile. When we first arrived to Denmark, everything seemed so expensive that shopping wasn’t often in the cards unless it was needed. Also sales here (unless they’re right now, meaning, end of season) were infrequent and maybe in… [Continue Reading]
We’ve had such a run of lovely weather this week, that you must be tired of going to the beach! (and if you are, I don’t know you – we’ve decamped to Bellevue beach nearly permanently this week and I have no intention of leaving unless is starts pouring rain or there are gale force… [Continue Reading]
Two weeks from now, we’re setting sail! Can you even actually say “set sail” if it’s not a sail boat? A question I can ask once I step aboard the Queen Mary 2, which has been on my life list/bucket list/whatever, things I would really like to do at least once list! And since you… [Continue Reading]
I bet you never thought you could love a gas station this much… but this is no ordinary gas station. It’s the original petrol station designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1936 and it still operates today. This isn’t the first time I’ve written about it but for all the times we’ve been by it, I’ve… [Continue Reading]
