A School Excursion to Prague in 1967
My twin brother's photos helped me to put together the distant memory of this school journey
A Memorial for the Kinder Transport
At Liverpool Street Station in London in central London is a war memorial for the 10.000 Jewish children who had to flee to England during the year before WWII broke out. Eighty years ago today they would have their first Christmas without their parents. Most of them would never be able to see them again as the majority of the […]
A Guided Tour in the City of London
A mixture of old and new architecture As I was travelling to London alone this spring, I enjoyed taking part in guided walks. One was about Christopher Wren’s churches, and the other was about architecture and history of the City of London in the same area around St. Paul’s Cathedral. The way this square mile is governed is far beyond […]
A Day Visit to Alexandria, Virginia
Looking back at photos from a day trip to Alexandria last summer, I would like to share some memories and images from the Historic Old Town Alexandria. As so often, looking back at a place, I would love to go back and see all the things I missed and only found out the existence of long after. One of the […]
Pictures from Portland, Oregon
A hundred years ago, some of my husband’s relatives immigrated to the United States of America. Some of them came to live in Oregon. This summer of 2019, we met with his third cousin, who lives there as a winemaker. We felt at home wherever we went, and the knowledge of many Scandinavian people had had an impact on both […]
Things I learnt on a Journey to the Pacific West
Anne-Mette We usually travel alone, but the week we were with my father’s cousin during the week we spent in Seattle this last summer. She had asked us to meet her there primarily to find people who knew her uncle, Valdemar. The last twenty years she has lived and worked in Greenland. She teaches Greenlandish schoolchildren how to create artworks […]
King Street Station, Seattle
Visiting renovated old historic buildings make a trip to a city very attractive
More Iconic Buildings From Seattle
Should anybody be interested in why I went to Seattle this summer, please read here. It is hard to grasp how it all looked from the start as the city was regraded over thirty years’ period ending in the 1930s. To get an idea about it, please have a look at the search images on the subject. Because of the […]
Historical Buildings in Seattle
MOHAI, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle WA. Its home is from 1942, a former Naval Reserve Armoury and a Naval Training Center during World War II. I had been looking forward to seeing this museum as we were visiting Seattle. We wanted to find surviving buildings from constructor Hans Peterson. Through our blogging, we got in contact with Paula […]
North Beach
It’s not far from the coast, but North Beach in San Francisco has no beach. It’s known for the Italian American community. Ford Cappola wrote “Godfather” at the Caffe Trieste. Peter & Paul Catholic Church is situated at Filbert St. Powell St. and Columbus Avenue that cuts diagonally in the area. The Coit Tower at Telegraph Hill is […]
From one Heart to Another 