The Brandt Blog

Nice new stadium…if you can find it! Halftime score: AIK – 1, BP – 0

We are at dinner in Stockholm where at the Sture Hof the hostess guided us to our table and insisted that Hannah take a particular seat. Not sure why….

Hi, everyone – After two-and-a-half days in Helsinki we’re en route via to Stockholm. It’s a whopping 40 minute flight. Helsinki was a nice change after the go-go pace we kept in Russia. There weren’t nearly the crowds, the city is smaller with fewer attractions and it is more compact than Moscow or St. Petersburg…and […]

We arrived today in Stockholm – took a walk through the new city and ate in the Old Town (Gamla Stan). Crawfish, Reindeer, Lamb, Turbot and Cod. We don’t look like Swedes but we enjoy eating like them. Tak!

We are on Seurasaari Island where the Midsummer Festival is celebrated with this Finnish traditional flowered pole. It stays up all year until next Midsummer. By the way – the entire rest of Helsinki is closed today for the holiday. Happy Midsummer to all!

Greetings, friends – from behind the formerly Iron Curtain. We are currently en route to our next stop (Helsinki, Finland) aboard the hi-speed train but very happy to share that we had a great time in Russia. As with previous trips, it feels good to sit down! Getting to Russia was a nearly 20-hour affair […]

Enjoying great food with great friends at Palkin Restaurant in Saint Petersburg, Russia. If it gets better than this, I can’t wait to find out.

After a full day of sight seeing, we stop for a quick coffee…and fuel up for shopping, dinner and late night sightseeing in lovely Saint Petersburg.

We just arrived in St. Petersburg and I’m enjoying that classic Russian soup…borsch. I like. Borsch good.