Monthly Archives: November 2019

Return from Denmark

I started Christmas (advent) early this year in Copenhagen. The streets were beautifully decorated. It was windy and rather chilly, but always nice to do a lot of walking. I have forgotten about Copenhagen. And when you have some more life experience, you can put things in a new perspective. This time, I thought I could see that Copenhagen has been influenced by France and England, with regard to architecture. I don’t know if it is right, but that was my impression and intiution. A very European city. Busy, as the picture shows below.

I like the harbour a lot, and I would definitely like to return and live for a few days close to the sea and beach. My definition of freedom I guess. I got very inspired, and I have things to write about. I tried to remember some Danish music and found this song with Laid Back.

Sjælland 🇩🇰

Tomorrow I am off for south of Sweden, and then to Copenhagen. It is nice with a little journey. Hope I will find a Danish flag to put on the table together with the Swedish and Norwegian flag I have. The Danish flag, Dannebrogen, is sad to be one of the oldest in the world, and is somehow connected to the battle in Lindanäs, Estonia, in 1219. I cross my fingers I will find one.

Traveling, library & pharmacy

I get energy and rest by being in a new country. It has been intense, and I know it is a contradiction, but it makes me relax. I remember history etc from school, and it is so interesting to put old knowledge into a new perspective. When reformation was introduced in the 16th century. How Latvia was occupied by various countries, but today is an independent country. Etc etc.

Books have been in my mind. Rumours say that publisher Johannes Gutenberg stayed in Riga in the15th century. He introduced printing to Europe with the printing press, and thereby played a key role in the development of eg the reformation and renaissance. Today I saw books in colour at the Hagström Medico-Historical library in Stockholm. Those books were painted in colour by hand, and still, 500 hundred years later, they are beautiful.

Last weekend I also did a visit to a pharmacy museum in Riga. Medieval pharmacies have evolved. The staff at the museum thought I was Russian.