by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 12, 2024 | Camping New England, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
We load our belongings into the truck and head out into the woods. Scenic two-lane backroads twist through forested mountains and small towns along the way from the Appalachians in Pittsburgh to our destination of Rockland, Maine Lobster Festival. All seven of the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 16, 2024 | Sweden
The pastel colors and ornate buildings that fill the vibrant city of Stockholm surprise us. For whatever reason, we expected more of a grimy downtown area. This lively city presents quite a contrast to our previous stay in the city of Helsinki. It also surprises us...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 6, 2024 | Europe, Finland
“Please take off your shoes,” the host of our Airbnb says. “Finnish do not wear shoes in the house.” Or in the office or at school we later learn. They view it as a transition from the outside world to an inside place of comfort and respect. Plus they love wool socks...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 30, 2024 | Europe, Finland, Norway
One of the adventures of independent travel lies in the impulsive unknown. The freedom to stop or stay anywhere that you like. Take that odd road, where you say to yourself, “Let’s just see where it goes.” Marilynn and I used to do this in the era before cell phone...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 15, 2024 | Estonia, Europe
All aboard! A Finlandia ferry from Helsinki shoots across the Baltic Sea to Tallinn, Estonia in only two and one-half hours. Feels more like a cruise ship than a ferry. Bars and restaurants galore, multi-gambling machines everywhere, live clown entertainment for the...
by ronmitchelladventure | May 31, 2024 | Belgium, Brussels, Europe, North Macedonia
I sit on the train from Clermont-Ferrand to Paris trying not to touch my knees against the young woman’s sitting directly across from me. We shall try not to look at each other for the next five hours. Squeals of an infant, also across from me, screech through my...
