I’ll admit, I don’t have a shoe addiction like Carrie Bradshaw, the icon of the famed “Sex and the City.” Her fondness of expensive designer shoes led her to spend over $40,000 on around 100 unique pairs of shoes. Nor do I have, anywhere at all, not even close, to the just over 1,000 pairs […]
Scandinavia
a parking lot for bicycles
Cycling in Sweden is huge. I read somewhere that just about everyone rides a bicycle in Sweden. And not for excerise or sport. No, they ride as a main form of transportation…for commuting, to go shopping, to do errands, to go play, to go to the movies, to go out to eat, etc., etc. Basically […]
The Windows of Porvoo
Just an hours’ long bus ride from Helsinki, Finland is the small, delightful, medieval town of Porvoo, the second oldest town in Finland. Meandering the cobblestoned streets of Porvoo’s Old Town, with its shops, galleries, museums, churches and restaurants, create a quaint and pleasant day trip from Helsinki. Porvoo’s infamous red ochre shore houses and […]