by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 5, 2025 | Travel
Our morning tour with local guide Benny took place in a deluge. I have to hand it to Rick Steves’ guides; no matter how treacherous the weather, they find a way to indoctrinate us with interesting facts and information, while herding the group into doorways,...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 3, 2025 | Travel
Our Stockholm resident and passionate guide, Hokum, met our tour group early at Stockholm City Hall to show off the city’s most prominent building. Completed in 1923, Stockholm’s City Hall was styled like an Italian Renaissance palace and required nearly...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 30, 2025 | boats, Travel
In the 1950s, Stockholm’s city planners decided art should be part of everyday life and works of art are prevalent throughout the city. The Scandinavian people are much less squeamish about the human body than priggish Americans. Stockholm guards the entrance to...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 27, 2025 | Travel
We left Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 2:42 p.m. and arrived in Stockholm, Sweden Friday August 29, at 5:30 p.m. Creative use of airline miles took us through DFW, Heathrow, and then to Sweden. We’ve learned to pack light, taking one...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 21, 2025 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls
Tuesday, 11-18-25, was cloudy and windy, but the high temperature was forecast to be 64 degrees and we were itching for a hike. Stone Door Ranger Station is a beautiful hour and a half drive from our front door, and we were hoping for more fall color views. Lovely...