The wild and rocky path to the top of Gros Morne Mountain, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada By Stillman Rogers Gros Morne National Park is nature at its wildest and at the same time a place to see continental drift in front of your own eyes. On the west coast of Newfoundland off the…
Wismar, A Living German Medieval City
To travel to the city of Wismar is to find yourself in Medieval times. In northwest Germany, in the Mecklenburg-vor-Pommern region, the coastal city was part of the Hanseatic League, a commercial association of merchants and ship owners that dominated much of European mercantile trade from the 13th through the 17th centuries. The influence of…
L’Anse aux Meadows: North America’s First European Colony
The Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Eric the Red had long told of the extraordinary voyages of Norse settlers and adventurers more than 1000 years ago, but until the late 1950s none was found. Then, on a remote northern point of Newfoundland, a local man pointed out to explorer Helge Ingstad and…
Nuraghe – Sardinian Ancient People and Places
Prehistoric Rock Towers Rise Above the Ruins of Ancient Houses Below Five thousand years ago, at the dawn of the Bronze Age, a people on Sardinia (Sardegna) built stone towers for defense, whose remains yield all we know of the people. They possessed no written language and the remains and artifacts found at their settlements…
BUS SERVICE FROM THE BOSTON AREA TO PATS PEAK
For Massachusetts skiers the issue is “Where is there snow” Pats Peak, in Henniker, New Hampshire is one of the places where it can be found. Twenty five of their 28 trails are open, the only exceptions being Tornado, Hurricane and Vortex, all three of which are black diamonds, If you are a black skier…
Ouro Preto – A treasury of Colonial Baroque Architecture
Once the flourishing capital of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, whose gold built its treasury of baroque architecture, Ouro Preto is an elegant hilltop city and UNESCO) World Heritage Site. Portuguese miners ventured out into the jungles of southeast Brazil’s Serra do Espinhaço mountain range and found black pebbles in the river. Rubbing them, they discovered…
The Camargue, where a river, the sea, man and Nature meet
The broad Rhone River runs long, through most of eastern France, but before reaching the Mediterranean, above the city of Arles, it divides itself in two, forming the Petit Rhone and the Grand Rhone. Each of the pair of rivers empties into the Mediterranean Sea miles from the other, the Petit Rhone to the west…
Visiting Ghosts on St Kilda in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides
By Stillman Rogers Photos copyright Stillman Rogers This remote Scottish outpost, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, tells the fascinating story of isolated people living off the land in the harsh island environment of the North Atlantic. Surrounded by the open seas of the North Atlantic, the St Kilda archipelago is not easy to get…
Portland, Maine: Small City, Big Experience
©Stillman Rogers 2020 The historic Maine city of Portland has the small city intimacy and scale that makes it easy to feel at home. Although smaller than Boston, its active harbor is filled with working watercraft from fishing and lobster boats to cargo ships and cruise liners, and unlike Boston’s the Portland waterfront is one…
Dog Sledding – A New Hampshire winter getaway
In Jefferson, NH, the people (and dogs) at Muddy Paw Dog Sled Kennels would like to show you their sport. Skiing, boarding and snowshoeing are not the only ways to get outdoors and play in the snow. New Hampshire offers a different way to enjoy the winter landscapes, one most people have never even thought…
Winter Getaway for art, a cosy inn and a wonderful hidden ski area;.
We looked for a not-too-far-off corner for a perfect weekend getaway, full of activity, new discoveries, great dining, art, shopping and a bit of skiing. We found it in the Berkshires. During the summer, and especially when the Boston Symphony decamps to Tanglewood, the Berkshires can be crowded, but in the winter this is a…
Getting to Pats Peak from Boston
Pats Peak Ski area in Henniker, New Hampshire, is close to Boston and easy to get to. That’s true even if you don’t have a car. Every year they make arrangements for skiers that makes it a cinch to get from the City to Henniker and the laid back enjoyment of this great hill. This…
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