Breaking the law with a sliding door
In which we ride the Brussels metro, break the law and chopped by a sliding door. Also some musing about corporal punishment as a learning aid.
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Stops and Stories
TheSupercargo’s travel blog
This blog is about…
- travel and travel writing (real and fabulous),
- travel photography,
- meditations on travel,
- maps and guides of many sorts,
- people met and sights seen along the way…
- and a bit more besides.
Our first visitor in Brussels – Cousin Michael
In which Cousin Michael comes on a visit and gets shown around some of our favourite Brussels sights (and sites) – hopefully not walked off his feet.
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The Royal Greenhouses at Laeken
A stop in Brussels to visit the Royal Greenhouses at Laeken – crowded and tiring but fascinating and resulting in a satisfactory crop of photos.
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An Easter walk in Hisingspark
A walk in Hisingspark in a short series of photos taken on Easter Sunday walk with our friend Lena and Aliz the border collie.
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Busking before the Goddess
In the Nordstan shopping centre, Gothenburg, a busker playing his accordian dwarfed by the image of a commercial goddess.
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Welcome to Stops and stories
A welcome and a brief outline of what readers can expect from Stops and Stories in the coming months. Also a glimpse of my tax declaration travails.
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Midwinter solstice
Midwinter solstice – a series of 4 photos taken roughly every 2 hours to illustrate how short a winter’s day can be at this latitude.
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A Letter from Sweden
This is my second voice recording in the series “Letters from Northern Lands”. This episode visits Swedish Midsummer, the recent Royal Wedding in Stockholm and the way the Swedish media has reported it, and considers whether Sweden is a monarchy or really a closet republic.
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