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R2-D2 in Prague

R2-D2 in Prague

Found R2-D2 on our walk this morning. He’s painted on an old Cold War nuclear bunker in Folimanka Park, not far from our flat. He looks a bit bedraggled, like he just got fished out of the swamp in Dagobah and tagged by some renegade bogwings. Incidentally, the term...
Prague Christmas markets

Prague Christmas markets

One of my favorite things about living in Europe is the markets that spring up around many European towns around Christmastime. This evening Callum and I went to Náměstí Míru, a city square near where we live in Prague. The square is currently full of wooden Christmas...
Helsinki and Suomenlinna

Helsinki and Suomenlinna

We’re in Helsinki in Finland, and it’s very cold and drizzly! Nonetheless, we’ve had a good visit, and toured some interesting places. We did a lot of walking of the city and stopped by most of the various must-see historic sites. None of the...
Tallinn

Tallinn

After touring Riga for a few days we took a plane to Tallinn in Estonia. I was somewhat surprised by Tallinn – I wasn’t expecting it to be as large or as modern as it appears to be. The city has a really nice old town that we explored for a while before...