By luck and interesting corporate policies, we were “forced” to have a hotel in Gamla Stan, the oldest part of Stockholm. Wonderfully clean, incredibly well preserved, very very touristy. A few doors down from the hotel was Kungliga Slottet, the King’s Palace – precisely like Buckingham Palace, complete with a changing-of-the-guard ceremony. I didn’t figure …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Stockholm
Your first hint that things will get interesting: your boss asks “do you have a passport”? Being the honest soul that I am, I said yes. Next thing I knew I was off on a whirlwind trip to Sweden. When your plane takes off mid-morning Saturday, and you land at your destination late on Sunday….. …
Cat Life
First there’s some king-of-the-castle battles – the chair next to my desk is apparently prime real estate: Later there’s the mutual washing session, when they realize they can both fit on the chair:
Spring Flowers
Spring comes *fast* in the desert. One day everything is dusted with snow; the next there are flowers. This one popped up in our front yard: No idea what it is. Previously it was just the spiky green leaves at the bottom. Right beside it is what I think is a prickly pear cactus; you …