Adventureduo

Well our amazing journey is coming to an end. We have been in London for a few days and done a lot of the tourist attractions ;-) Big Ben, Westminister Abby, Parliment, Buckingham Palace, Thames River, Tower of London and the Crown Jewels to name a few. One of the loveliest things was the exquisite Queen Victoria's crown. Diamonds everywhere, small and just beautiful. We happened to be in front of Buckingham Palace when the changing of the guard occurred. It was a beautiful day as the guards marched up the side of St. James Park and into the gated area in front of Buckingham Palace. There were so many people that it was hard to see, but just being there was so fun. We managed a shopping trip to Harrods, Dave and Cope were happy ... read more

Our last Baltic stop, Oslo, Norway. We have been looking forward to Oslo. This is the land of Viking ships and explorers of the north and south poles , the Kon Tiki and international ski jumping. Today’s drive took us through the beautiful downtown of Oslo where we learned that Oslo is one of the three most expensive cities on the world. The other two being Moscow and Tokyo. In 1624 the Danish King, Christain IV, named the city after himself, calling it Christiania. Finally in 1925, the Parliament renamed the city, Oslo. We saw the ship “FRAM”, that Roald Amundsen used to race for then south pole in 1911. He also used it to conquer the southwest passage. It is a huge wooden icebreaking ship and we were able to go aboard. Amundsen and ... read more

Well dear blog readers, we have to admit that we knew nothing of Tallin, Estonia before today! ;-) We were so surprised at how much we loved it. Talllin is on the Baltic Sea and has an “Old City” behind walls and a new city with skyscrapers. We walked through the old city with a guide taking us on a tour of places where Peter the Great had impact on Tallin. Peter was 6'7" and could speak their language which helped a great deal as they could communicate. Tallin has had many ruling countries and only recently got it’s own money back…..now so many people here do not want to give it up for the Euro, but that is coming in a couple of years, despite the resistance. We also visited Peter the Great’s small home ... read more

Helsinki, Finland, can you find it on a map? LOL We had no idea exactly where Helsinki was or what it would be like. Once again, another beautiful country. We continue to have unusually warm weather and the locals are loving it- it will probably turn out to be the hottest day of the year for them!! About 86 degrees. In parks and along river banks, people were sunbathing and out biking or hiking. One of our first stops was at a huge Lutheran church on the old main square in Helsinki. Most of Finland is Lutheran. On the day we were there, there was a car show going on with old Fiats all lined up. Some of them were so tiny and very cute! We walked a few blocks to the harbor where a “market” ... read more

Oh no, oh no we came half way 'round the world to see "The Little Mermaid" and turns out that with a flip of her tail she left for China! From May to October she will be at the World EXPO in China. The clever Danes however, want to be sure that we get to see her in China so they put up a "live" screen over the place in the harbor where she would normally sit and you can view her live in China LOL IF it was working of course, but it seems it rarely works so... no sighting of the Little Mermaid. ;-) But we have sighted one of Hans Christain Anderson's 27 homes that he lived in, here in Copenhagen, and ate a $25 hamburger and fries LOL, true enough, and ...took ... read more