Conversations on El Camino

This morning, Julie and I were met with multiple interrogations about our Danish family (Thompson travel is a very difficult concept to understand - you didn't think Copenhagen was on the way from Tennessee to Wisconsin??), as well as reassurance that we had chosen our supper wisely in comparison to the hotel fare. Many eyes…

Växjö, Sweden boasts a beautiful lake, and Jess doesn't know how to learn from her mistakes -- so she went for another run. A run at dawn sounds very romantic and healthful, though it happens to be a bit less desirable in locations where daylight breaks at 3:30am. But the seagulls had sounded the alarm,…

The longer bus ride this morning was a relatively welcome opportunity to rest (and for Jessica to catch up on blogging and culling photos). We drove through wind and rain, sunshine and clouds, finally taking an afternoon stop in Kalmar at a castle on the Baltic Sea. Our allotted tour time was squeezed by a…