Monthly Archives: July 2015

Translation lost in Oslo

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The cruise overnight passed quietly. I’d planned to do some writing but the WiFi access was, for all practical purposes, non-existent. Sadly, this particular issue would periodically recur throughout the trip. So after dinner, I wandered around the ship and …

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A melancholy visit to Helsingor

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At the end of the previous entry, I asked you, dear reader, to think about why I might visit Helsingør which is about 40-minutes by train from Copenhagen. Have you made the connection? If you have, congratulations. If not, the …

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A Ginger (Jinja) day in Copenhagen

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Needless to say, my timely arrival at our tour bus in Copenhagen (correctly pronounced “Keu-bn-houn” where the first vowel is close to the French ‘peu’ and in American English fall somewhere between the sounds in ‘look’ and ‘lick’) was not …

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Last day in Scotland – a turn in the weather

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When I reached the hotel Thursday night, I was uncertain whether I’d return to St. Andrews for Friday’s play. Because of the notorious unpredictability of Scotland’s weather, I’d purchased tickets for the first two days hoping one of them would be …

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My day at The Open Championship – part 2

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About the golf At the close of the previous shortened post, we’d just arrived at the grandstand for the fourth hole and our timing was, as the saying goes, fortuitous. Although we’d just missed the threesome that included Lee Westwood …

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