Neil Hopcroft

[Audiobook] A history of the Amish by Steven M Nolt (available from archive.org) A colleague told me about an Amish supermarket, which didn’t fit with my understanding of their culture. So wanting to find out some more I listened to this book. It contains a detailed history of the origins and migration of the Amish […]

Many of the Skansen buildings were open for midsummer.

There are a number of peacocks at Skansen. They are such attention seekers.

Looking out over the city from Skansen.

Wandering around Skansen at midsummer.

Skansen midsummer provides many opportunities to blend in to the background.

We went to Skansen for midsummer again this year.

[Audiobook, listened with Adelle] Eagle Dreams, Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia by Stephen Bodio Wanting more writing about travels in tundra I chose this book – it recounts a fascination with falconry from childhood and a desire to visit lands where nomads use eagles for hunting. Once Mongolia started down the path to independence […]

Gävle is a small port city on the east coast of Sweden, notable for its iron exports (from areas like Högbo). Now, though, there is an overwhelming smell of coffee roasting pervading the town.