Here & There

Riga: Old Town, Part 1

Last summer, I went to visit a friend in Finland, and opted to fly there using Air Baltic. And since my flight was two legs, Berlin to Riga and Riga to…

February 10, 2014 · 2 min read

Gothenburg: Lilla Delsjön

If any of you have experienced a Silvester (New Year's Eve) in Berlin before, you probably wouldn't be surprised that we wanted to get the hell out of dodge…

January 8, 2014 · 3 min read

Daydreaming of Sweden

Work is winding down so I find myself getting ready for Christmas, and when I'm not doing that, I'm busy daydreaming about Sweden. I spent the holidays in…

December 18, 2013 · 2 min read

Gera: Orangerie

One of the places worth seeing in Gera is the Orangerie, a building in the Baroque style in the Untermhaus district. It was built in the early 1700s and was…

August 29, 2013 · 2 min read

Gera: Die Ranch

Back in May, M. and I traveled with his mother and her husband to the town of Gera, located 2.5 hours southwest by car. His cousin was getting married, and…

August 26, 2013 · 2 min read

Wiesestraße, Gera.

August 21, 2013 · 3 min read

Haus Lindenberg.

Hidden away in Kreuzberg SW 61, between Mehringdamm and Viktoriapark, is the quiet street of Methfesselstraße. Back in the 1870s, this area was the site of…

July 21, 2013 · 1 min read

Helsinki: Temppeliaukio Kirkko/Church of the Rock

One of the first tourist destinations on my trip to Helsinki was to Temppeliaukio Kirkko, otherwise known as the Church of the Rock. Of the many churches in…

July 7, 2013 · 2 min read

Helsinki: Other Peoples' Homes.

One of the things I love in this life is to see how other people decorate their homes. I often wander through the streets of Berlin, peeking into windows…

July 5, 2013 · 2 min read

Helsinki: Panoraama

While in Helsinki (in June/July of 2013), during an impulsive turn of events, I ended up at the amusement park Linnanmäki (more on that another time). The…

July 4, 2013 · 1 min read

Helsinki: Sibelius Monument

Since studying music at university in the early 2000s, the name Sibelius has been familiar to me. However, I associated the name with the song composition…

June 30, 2013 · 2 min read

The Gatlinburg Simulacra

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is one of those towns that really should have nothing going for it. However, its advantageous position just next to Great Smoky…

June 27, 2013 · 2 min read