My first hot air balloon ride was at Quichee, Vermont. A moose in Maine. Baltic Sea cruise. Flew to London in advance and then boarded the cruise ship headed to Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; St Petersburg, Russia (and a day trip to Moscow); Tallinn, Estonia; and swinging by Gothenburg, Sweden before returning to London to fly home.

Hot air balloon ride over Quechee VT

Hot air balloon ride over Quechee VT

Hot air balloon ride over Quechee VT

Night glow at Quechee VT

Not much luck seeing moose on visits to Maine; this was a rare sighting for me

Big Ben - London, Great Britain

The Eye - London, Great Britain

The Eye - London, Great Britain

British Paliament - London, Great BritainEye - London, Great Britain

British Parliament - London, Great Britain

Buckingham Palace Guards - London, Great Britain

Changing of the guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace - London, Great Britain

Westminster Abbey - London, Great Britain

Big Ben - London, Great Britain

Tower of London - London, Great Britain

Tower of London - London, Great Britain

Tower of London - London, Great Britain

Tower Bridge - London, Great Britain

Tower Bridge - London, Great Britain

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - London, Great Britain

The Little Mermaid - Copenhagen, Denmark

The Little Mermaid - Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosenborg Castle - Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosenborg Castle - Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosenborg Castle - Copenhagen, Denmark

Entrance to Kastellet fortress - Copenhagen, Denmark

Trekroner Battery Island, Trekroner Lighthouse - Copenhagen, Denmark

Saint George slaying the dragon - Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Storkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden

Typical red homes - Helsinki, Finland

Porvoo Cathedral near Helsinki, Finland

Now Hotel Haikko; if I have my story right, once home to last heir to the Russian Monarchy - Porvoo, Helsinki, Finland

Temppeliaukio Church or rock church - Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Cathedral - Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Cathedral - Helsinki, Finland

Khram Zhivonachal'noy Troitsy church - outskirts of Moscow, Russia

Kremlin - Moscow, Russia

Kremlin - Moscow, Russia

Kremlin - Moscow, Russia

Largest canon ever made and never fired inside the Kremlin - Moscow, Russia

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour - Moscow, Russia

St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square - Moscow, Russia

Lenin's mausoleum on Red Square - Moscow, RussiA

St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square - Moscow, Russia

State Historical Museum on Red Square - Moscow, Russia

Red Square - Moscow, Russia

St. Nicholas and the Epiphany Cathedral (Naval Cathedral) - St Petersburg, Russia

Bell tower at St. Nicholas and the Epiphany Cathedral (Naval Cathedral) - St Petersburg, Russia

Peter and Paul Cathedral (behind the wall) - St Petersburg, Russia

Fortefications in mouth of bay into St Petersburg - St Petersburg, Russia

Midnight sun leaving St Petersburg

Midnight sun leaving St Petersburg

St Olaf's church - Tallin, Estonia

St. Mary's Cathedral - Tallin, Estonia

Entrance to old town Tallin - Tallin, Estonia

Jewel of the Seas, Royal Caribbean

Panorama of Tallen - Tallin, Estonia

Masthugg Church - Gothenburg, Sweden

Flower in Botanical Garden - Gothenburg, Sweden

Flower in Botanical Garden - Gothenburg, Sweden

Flower in Botanical Garden - Gothenburg, Sweden


Former artillery Kronhuset (military manufacturers) from 1654, now a museum - Gothenburg, Sweden

Christine Church On Big Harbor Canal - Gothenburg, Sweden
