Free Sightseeing in London – the parks

So much can be enjoyed in London for free. One possibility is the parks of Central London.   The sculpture of Peter Pan Where Kensington Gardens meet Hyde Park the sculpture with Peter Pan and the figures of the children’s book is hidden. Nearest tube station is Lancaster Gate not too far from Kensington Palace where Princess Diana lived. I […]

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Photo Challenge 

“Share a photo inspired by a poem, story ” from the Photo Challenge “Half-Light” from the Daily Post, a recurring event on Fridays.     Ode to a Grecian Urn by John Keats the fifth and last verse: O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out […]

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Warmth & the Quality of Light

Today I went to a WWI war memorial in Aarhus. It’s in Jutland Denmark. I have seen the place at other occasions as it’s situated at a very beautiful green area just beneath one of our Queen Margrethe’s  palaces. The sun was shining brightly on a blue sky and the sandstone got a warm shade from this kind of fresh spring weather. Young […]

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Street

Assignment for the blogging course Photo 101 “Street” I am convinced that the photo I took a few years ago in London in New Bond Street is the same place as beneath painting by the famous Swedish painter Anders Zorn. The painting is at the permanent exhibition at Gothenburg Art Museum. It is difficult to take a picture of it as the painting is behind […]

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Things to do in N.Y.

How I long to come as a tourist once more in New York! I would choose a season with green leaves and flowers in Central Park and  see the same sights again and the ones I didn’t manage to  see last time five years ago. The things I treasure most is architecture, people, art museums, historical museums and parks. I was celebrating […]

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Celebration of Sibelius’ 150th Birthday

The Finnish composer Sibelius  1865 – 1957, has been celebrated all year culminating yesterday at his birthday. Never before have I heard so much of his music in one day. All day via my Danish Radio and in the evening live transmission from the town Hämeenlinna he was born not far from Helsinki. All over Finland flags were raised for his sake […]

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I am now a host

Again I am able to post something for this blogging event called “I made it Mondays” I had to let my blog just manage on its own for two days as I struggled to set my self up in the Airbnb fellowship. Some of it was done on the computer and some on the iPad as details worked better on […]

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A Summer Evening in Copenhagen

I reach out and take part in this blogging Event called “Wheresmybackpack“? I like to travel and to find motives worth remembering. This weekend I was in Copenhagen, the Capital of Denmark. We have a lot of old and new buildings to be “put in order and kept” in a blog post.   Kastellet is an old military citadel still […]

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