EW – Page 13 – TRAVELING NEAR & FAR

A Visit to the Champlain Valley in Vermont

The Champlain Valley is good for the soul. Between visits with family and friends, time to walk the back roads.

Yesterday, a drive west and north through Vermont. A sunny day, the sky a bright blue. A landscape dramatically altered

Sometimes an unexpected discovery can be the most fun. While in Copenhagen a couple of weeks ago, I came across

Misty and foggy early morning in Vermont, rain predicted. Still in the transition period between travel and home, adjusting to

Jet-lagged and up early, watching night turn to day, the light diffused, a soft entry into a sunlit day. Recent

Sunny and crisp early fall morning. Back in Vermont. With impressions of Denmark swirling in my head. A chance stop at

The back-roads of Langeland are dotted with old, abandoned, brick electric towers, now decommissioned. Leave it to artists to find

The nights bring rain – at times very heavy. Daytime showers are brief, followed by brilliant sunshine. Almost like being

Oslo. A town barely known to me – even though Norway is my homeland. And this trip – all too

A whirlwind tour of the Jotunheimen and Gudbrandsdalen regions of Norway last week took us along broad sweeps of verdant river