Fifth of May, The Danish Day of Freedom
Henry and I want to honour our fallen WWII heroes by visiting their graves and memorials
The Circle of Life, My Grandmother’s Illness in 1905
I can’t ask her about it. My maternal grandmother died more than forty years ago. At age twenty-five, she was admitted to a Copenhagen Hospital called Oeresund Hospital. I have always known about it, but not the exact location. The diagnosis was severe, bleeding stomach ulcer. I have often wondered what was the cause of this. She worked long hours […]
Light in Darkness
A heartwarming gesture in the dark winter. An act of spontaneous helpfulness
Hidden Churches in Copenhagen
I lived for many years in Copenhagen but was oblivious to these masterpieces of beautiful architecture. Frederiksberg is an independent city surrounded by our capital, Copenhagen. These four churches are from the same time period, the late nineteen hundred and were built because of population expansion in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Unfortunately, the linked homepages are only in Danish and are […]
The Miracle of a Surviving Synagogue
Shortly after the arrival of German occupiers in Riga in July 1941, the synagogues were destroyed; only one in the old city of Riga remained intact. A German institute was close to the building, and the invaders were afraid to damage their building. As always, the beautiful Art Nouveau building was taken for its own purposes. The same thing happened […]
Sundborn Church
Working on his art, Carl Larsson went through a period of mourning his son's untimely death
The Former Jewish Ghetto in Riga
It's challenging to look into history when your citizens have taken part in killing your Jewish population.
Guthenbergs Hotel- An Extraordinary Place in Riga
It was unforgettable because of the staff, particularly one young man, Levs, who was a living lexicon of whatever subject we wanted to know about in Riga. He recommended a local restaurant where we could taste a speciality: Sojanka soup with vegetables and smoked sausage. We returned to get the same menu again one of the other days. While on […]
The Rooster Symbol in Riga
My good friend blogger paolsoren asked me the following question on my last post about the roosters in Riga: Now I would like to ask you paolsoren how I should understand the following: By the way, when I was in the Australian Army our Army house was in Riga Court I am working on a post on the dark side […]
Riga, Latvia
For many years, I wanted to visit the Baltic countries. Three small countries finally gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Living in Sweden thirty-five years ago, I accompanied the oldest son in sixth grade to Tallinn, Estonia, shortly after the liberation. The variety of food was scarce, and everything seemed poor. After all these years of independence, […]
From one Heart to Another 