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Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village
Our next stop was to see Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village. It’s set up so tourists, both foreign and domestic, can see what life used to be like in Rwanda. But first, a few photos from the road. Posh, David, and I were dressed up as the king’s mother, the king, and the queen, respectively. … Continue reading
Bujumbura, Burundi
I’ll admit it, I wanted to visit Burundi mostly to check it off my list. I knew very little about this small country other than it had been colonized by the Belgians who played on ethnic divisions between Tutsi and Hutus which resulted in several bloody eras in the nation’s recent history. I arrived in … Continue reading
Oxford
I love visiting my friends in Oxford and this trip I had some time for a quick wander around town. Punting is a great Oxford tradition. The punter stands on the flat part of the boat and uses a long pole to steer. A lot easier said than done! You have to twist the … Continue reading
Luxembourg
I’ve heard Luxembourg described as a fairy tale city and it’s not hard to see why. With castles, ruins, and lots of nature, the capital of this small country is gorgeous. I spent most of my two sunny days there walking for miles. I popped in to a small museum that had a great … Continue reading
Paris
My first stop in Paris is always the same place: Le Marais. The Jewish quarter is home to some of the best falafel around. Once I had eaten, I wandered around the city, checking out some of the city’s iconic sites. The Louvre museum with its famous glass pyramids and the fountain at … Continue reading
Rovaniemi, Finland
We caught an overnight train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland which sits just a few kilometers from the Arctic Circle. The train ride was beautiful, which is just as well because traveling north to the Arctic Circle in July means you enter the land of twenty four hours of daylight so at … Continue reading
Tartu, Estonia
Estonia is small enough that the bus ride from the western island town of Kuressaare to the southeastern university city of Tartu is probably the longest direct bus ride in the country, and it's just six hours. I picked up a map of town, not realizing at the time it was a self guided … Continue reading
Kuressaare, Estonia
It was a quick four hour bus-ferry-bus ride from Tallinn to the island of Saaremaa in western Estonia. Along the way, the land was pancake flat and I passed more rolled hay stacks than Monet could paint in a lifetime. Saaremaa is just under 3,000 square kilometers and has a population of 35,000. The biggest … Continue reading
Scotland miscellaneous
A few unorganized recollections of Scotland. Being so far north, especially in Turriff, the sun didn't set until well after 10:30 pm. This was novel and exciting the first night, but was less appealing just a few hours later when I was up with the sun at 4:00 am. In this photo, it's 4:16 am. … Continue reading