Education for the young Danish royals (100 things #12)

Back in February, the news came that Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary had chosen that Princess Isabella would follow in her older brother’s footsteps and attend Tranegårdskolen in Gentofte. As I wrote over at Blog Royale back in May 2011, the decision that Christian should attend that school was not universally applauded. I expect… Continue reading Education for the young Danish royals (100 things #12)

Review: Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide

Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide by Doug Mack My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a fun little read. How does the Europe on 5 dollars a day travel guide from way back translate to traveling in Europe today? Some of us (the author… Continue reading Review: Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide

Adventures in royal history

If I had limitless holiday time, funding, and people who wanted to go with me, I would love to take a tour of European castles and palaces. There is just something about stepping through the history and looking at the architecture. And, let’s not forget, going to other countries.

Google Reader, again.

So, I’m still partially using GoogleReader and hanging on as long as possible. Wired had a post up on Google’s reasoning behind it, and what they want us to use instead… The answer is Google Now and Google+… but from what I read about those two – and know from experience with Google+, I am… Continue reading Google Reader, again.

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I am grateful for…

My sisters. They’re much nicer now than they were when we were growing up – and I am so grateful that I have all three of them. They’re truly my best friends – well, except when we’re tired and grumpy and know which buttons to push to annoy each other… Our parents. They believe we… Continue reading I am grateful for…

Rhubarb crumble

For years, I searched for the jam I had when I was on a language course in Vichy and staying in a private lodging. My French was not to the point where I could easily translate the fruit names, and my memory in the last four months of high school, was dedicated to remembering stuff… Continue reading Rhubarb crumble