Posts by Pat:
Creating a Travel Podcast
Creating podcasts came from my desire to decrease the weight of paper and guide books and increase my information and enjoyment while traveling. My first podcast, Poland, also came about because I was well aware that I would never be able to pronounce the names of streets nor ask directions because of my total ignorance of Polish.
Read more…Utsjoki, Lapland – Northern Finland
5-6 December 2019 Thursday – feeling surprisingly good for being dragged 50’ by a pack of huskies We meet this morning at 9:30, just at the dawn of civil twilight. The southeastern sky is a palette of pinks, reds and golds. The terrain is white as far as I can see. Trees are sculpted and […]
Utsjoki, Lapland – Exploring Suomi
2-4 December 2019 Visiting Lapland in winter, I have come to understand why Santa lives here. There is a stark beauty in this all-white landscape, brilliant starry skies, and moving waves of Aurora color.
Ivalo, Finland and the Aurora Borealis
1 December 2019 I remember in the early 1950s on a clear and extremely lucky night in Northern Indiana, the skies were actually unpolluted enough to see slight colorings of the Aurora Borealis. Sometimes, faint colorations of the Aurora can be sighted in Northern Minnesota. As Agent Fox Mulder knows, the Aurora is out there […]
Finland
Thanksgiving 2019 There are exotic destinations haunting the lists of traveler’s dreams: Antarctic, Africa, Panama Canal, Galapagos Islands, Easter Island. Another list topper is Lapland. Lapland is associated with Father Christmas, a close relative of Santa Clause who I hear runs a sweatshop in North Pole, Alaska. His winter home after the busy season is […]
France and Spain and Andorra – Unbeatable Trio
Some General Observations – October 2019 I have traveled to the European Continent each year during the fall. Surprisingly, I was unprepared for fall in France. What were my surprises?
Paris – Everything but the Siren
29-30 October 2019 Sleeping soundly in Toulouse. Message from SNCF, definitely NOT something I want to wake to find. I believe France is the only country in the world with a mobile APP monitoring strikes. It has come in handy, but sudden cancellations and changes mean an unpleasant wake up call. What? Our train is […]
Cambria Weather
CambriaJanuary 17, 2021, 4:47 am
54°Freal feel: 55°Fhumidity: 79%wind speed: 4 mph Nsunrise: 7:13 amsunset: 5:16 pmPat’s Place
