Tag: scandinavia
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
Last Day in Helsinki: Finn-tastic! Saturday, June 28, 2025 Yesterday (Friday) was a hard act to follow, but we gave it “the old college try”. This morning, we walked to the Temppeliaukio Church (“Rock Temple”), designed by the brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1968.(Pictures below, top and bottom right, are from the…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
Last Day in Stockholm Monday, June 23, 2025 There were two items on our itinerary for the last day in Stockholm: ABBA – The Museum, and the Vasa Museet. Stef and I have different musical tastes. Mine generally run to the classics, and she’s more the rock ‘n’ roll type. But when we’re hanging out…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
Stockholm Syndrome, Day 3 Sunday, June 22, 2025 CORRECTION: In the post of June 18, I said that the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen was the residence of King Christian X. Wrongo! My friend Joanne pointed out that Christian X died in 1947, and that the current King of Denmark is Frederik X. She also added…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again”…..to Scandinavia
June 13 – 29, 2025 Welcome back to Something to Declare! When we last left our travel blogger in December 2024 , he was recuperating from a sprained neck after a fall at the Airavadesvara Temple Durasuram in Kumbakonam, southern India. The bad news was that I had to leave the tour early and return…
