Snoop: New videos for Sweden, Finland and France
Here is one from Helsinki, Finland Here is one from Sweden, at the Vasa Museum Vasa Museum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMxSJG45f9c and here is one for Bastille Day in France
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Snoop: France 1
We got into our apartment and we immediately smelled smoke. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a fire in the fireplace. It stunk like an ashtray full of cigarettes. We think someone smoked in the bathroom of our non-smoking apartment. Whenever we open the front door, we nearly choke. We went to the store and bought all kinds Read More …
Snoop: Belgium 1
July 8 We got out of the train station and 10 minutes later we got pick=pocketed. It was the iPad that got stolen and I was SO mad. July 9 Today we saw the Manneken Pis. It is a statue of a little boy peeing. Did you know he has more than 100 different outfits? Read More …
Snoop: Germany
Germany was beautiful, but I could never live there. There is way too much smoking. This is the bad thing about Germany. Everywhere, people are smoking. We stayed in a bed and breakfast, and, it was a non-smoking place, but, still, in the restaurant outside, there was smoking and it came up to our room. Read More …
Snoop: Overall thoughts about Iceland
Iceland was very cool, but cold. I could live there if it was warmer. The food was wonderful, and they have a large assortment of different foods. One other thing I would want to change is the volcanic activity and movement of the whole country. Iceland is on 2 tectonic plates, the American plate and Read More …
Video Blog 3: Iceland’s “delicacy” – Hakarl
Trying new foods is part of our education, right?
Surefooted
Today we seized a magnificent opportunity for a private, guided ride on Icelandic horses with Viking Horses (http://vikinghorses.is/). We rode with Ragga, the CEO and had a fabulous time. She’s in the photo with Snoop, below. The people and the horses couldn’t have been more lovely. It was wonderful to have a geography, science, history Read More …
Snoop: Iceland
Our first trip to the grocery store in Reykjavik, and, at the very front of the store, where all the tourists can see, they stock the junk food. Popcorn in a red, white and blue back, and these: “Wow, is there an American with great hair in here?” Interjections count: 2 First impressions of Read More …
Today is the DAY! We are off, on our WAY!
What remains a favorite book in our world provides us with these guiding words: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you Read More …
Old Friends
One of the best parts of this trip is that I get to see my dear friend Zahra. She is absolutely darling, and, I enjoy making her say the word “water.” We argued over the pronunciation of water starting 20 years ago when we met. She insisted it was pronounced wou-tah and did a hilarious Read More …