Lovely weather

Nordic summer can offer lovely warm and sunny days also.

Back up in the daylight

The pointy buildings are typical of Northern hanseatic-style medieval downtowns.

Blogging on

I seem to apologise endlessly right now for late and intermittent blogging. With moving, a new (if very familiar still) job and family and friends much closer, as well as fewer travels, my time just never seems enough for even showing you my backlog from earlier this year. Some UAE photos are still aiting, as well as Sweden in the summer. For winter coming, Cairo looms again - so keep the hopes up and keep checking back!

And you have new articles and reading recommendations personally selected by me almost daily in the left-hand column!

Tunnel interior "decoration"

Each room was made out to represent on time and one usage of the tunnels 300 year history.

Tunnel details

Still details of the tunnel construction.

Still Tallinn Underground

Back down in the fortification tunnels, you see wellbuilt sturdy walls and vaults!

Oud virtouso

We heard Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma last night in Stockholm - magic! Especially when joined by a Swedish folk musician joined him with his very traditional instrument.

Quick trip to London

and I didn't have time for more than my meeting, but passed the Royal Academy of Aart on Sunday afternoon and was a little tempted by the exhibition "Treasures from Budapest". Have a range of London museums I would have liked to go to had I had more time...