Since its inception in the 1500s, every seven years the devoted folks around the Belgian city of Fosses-la-Ville would come together for the grand procession of Saint Feuillen. The march commemorates and re-enacts the townspeople’s procession in the year 656 to bring back to Fosses the remains of Foillan, an Irish monk who came to evangelize and found a monastery …
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Golden Boy
Before we circle back to Stockholm, let’s take a quick fashion break and enjoy some eye candy from my recent jaunt to the boutique in Brussels, which has become my other “home” boutique. My sales associate had searched high and low three months ago to locate this bag for me–inventory being much more selective and limited in Europe than the …
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Stockholm Archipelago
If I had a few weeks to explore Scandinavia, I’d like nothing better than to island hop my way from Denmark to Finland. But since I only have a few days here, I figure the next best thing is to dip my toe into the Baltic Sea by way of a cruise along the Stockholm Archipelago. So to Nybroplan (“New …
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Hej! Hej Stockholm!
I never did read the cult classic Girl With Dragon Tattoo nor have ever wandered too far north of the Baltic Sea for that matter, but on a recent Sunday I find myself among very tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed strangers walking down the medieval streets of Stockholm’s historic center, Gamla Stan. With the multiple-day transportation SL card, it is rather easy …
Die By Gluttony
Eat, walk, photograph, drink, repeat. Though not necessarily in that order. But that’s basically my routine in Rome. The question, though, is where to eat. There are so many wonderful choices in Rome that sometimes I wish I had an extra stomach to accompany my hungry eyes. As a long time fan of TripAdvisor, I decided perhaps just once I’d …