2022 The Northern Route – Denmark National Museum
14 October: I spent the day in the National Museum, a place too abundant for me to cover adequately in a day. My back grows painful after standing for too long. But in addition to the astonishment of seeing so much gathered in a single place, I learned two interesting...
2022 The Northern Route – Copenhagen
Copenhagen is a noisier and dirtier city than the other capitals I’ve been in and definitely not as well maintained. But it has beautiful parks and I spent the better part of today in its botanical garden at the U. of Copenhagen. A wonderful place, just like the one...
2022 The Northern Route – Gardens
I was shocked and found it an interesting coincidence that I sat beneath it the first time I chose to just be present with all that was growing there, to silently admire the trees and other plants and feel the spirit of the place. The informational plaque beneath it...
2022 The Northern Route – Visby Redwoods
Speaking of trees, I failed to mention about Visby something important—I discovered there was a botanical garden a mile from my hotel and since I am always happy in such places I walked there a time or two each day. It’s only about 5 acres and is essentially a park...
