Did you know that Danes rank among the world’s happiest people? Well, I am not surprised given that I rank myself as the happiest of tourists during the four days that I visited Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2023. Initially,…
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During the long starry winter nights of February, I plowed through author Steven Naifeh’s 1,514-page biography of Vincent van Gogh: The Life. I began to feel as crazy as the tortured painter as he argued with his parents, lost…
Danish poster artist Ib Antoni Jensen created advertising campaigns in the 1960s that made America (and the world) fall in love with Denmark. You can see “The Making of Wonderful Copenhagen: Poster Artist Ib Antoni” exhibition at the Museum…
Spoiler alert: Spending 14 days to see 5 European countries will result in the most delicious kind of travel fatigue that will blow your “electrical” circuits (along with your budget). Back in mid-February, when it was cold and wet…
There are 11 reasons to enjoy Basel, Switzerland. But it can really be summed up in one word: CULTURE. This is a hardworking Swiss city that knows how to enjoy the arts, nature, and history. As it has been…
Trinity College, located in the heart of Dublin, is Ireland’s oldest university. It was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. The monarch wanted to create an institution in Ireland modeled after Oxford and Cambridge. The iconic university campus…
I visited Dublin for the first time in my life in December 2022, not realizing an arctic cold front would bring snow, sleet, and temperatures plunging below 30F. I should have packed long johns. But no matter as I…
James Joyce Centre celebrates the life and times of Ireland’s most famous and enigmatic writer. For anyone who has struggled to read his opus, Ulysses, it can be an insurmountable mountain to climb. But I came to Ireland to…
