{"id":2546,"date":"2020-08-25T17:58:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/?page_id=2546"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:04:29","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many things about my wife that I love so much is our shared passion for travel. We have taken many &#8220;trips of a lifetime&#8221; together to Europe. For reasons I cannot explain, I have felt compelled to keep a journal on each of these trips, and I am really happy that I did. As I have been going back and transcribing them I have been reminded of the pleasures (and challenges) of traveling in a foreign country.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>09\/11 &#8211; 10\/05\/1992: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Europe_1992.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany, Poland, Denmark, Norway &amp; Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>05\/24 &#8211; 06\/08\/1994: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Europe_1994.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scotland, Ireland, Wales &amp; England<\/a><\/li>\n<li>05\/11 &#8211; 05\/31\/1996: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Europe_1996.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland and France<\/a><\/li>\n<li>05\/16 &#8211; 06\/06\/1998: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Europe_1998.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium &amp; England<\/a><\/li>\n<li>09\/11 &#8211; 09\/30\/2000: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Europe_2000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark &amp; Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11\/21 &#8211; 11\/28\/2004: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/London_2004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London, England<\/a><\/li>\n<li>09\/03 &#8211; 09\/18\/2006: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Norway_Sweden_2006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norway &amp; Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>05\/30 &#8211; 06\/12\/2010: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Europe_2010.pdf\">The Netherlands, Germany &amp; Belgium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>05\/21 &#8211; 05\/29\/2011: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Estonia_Russia_St._Lawrence2011.pdf\">Tallinn, Estonia &amp; St. Petersburg, Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>06\/02 &#8211; 06\/11\/2011: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Estonia_Russia_St._Lawrence2011.pdf#page=8\">Cruise: Montreal, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11\/12 &#8211; 11\/29\/2014: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/England_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">York, Hull, Hastings &amp; London, England<\/a><\/li>\n<li>06\/08 &#8211; 06\/22\/2015: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/France_2015.pdf\">France<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11\/18 &#8211; 11\/26\/2016: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/2016_London.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London, England<\/a><\/li>\n<li>08\/07 &#8211; 08\/30\/2017: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Norway_Germany_2017.pdf\">Norway &amp; Germany<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>My wife Kathleen recorded a series of short video&#8217;s on this trip<\/li>\n<li>Norway\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/mkxsXBEGUFJHm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Day in Oslo<\/a>\u00a0(0:48)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/HwQc0Ls6Z8Pzu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oslo to Rakkestad<\/a>\u00a0(1:40)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/FkS2EAMzUFQ0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00d8stfold County<\/a>\u00a0(2:24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/XvROD3lEwPLqt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herset &amp; Nordland County<\/a>\u00a0(1:59)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/QhzYvBMqb9JA9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fishing<\/a>\u00a0(3:01)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/QaLVTQ1zGWKum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nesna Cousins<\/a>\u00a0(1:33)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Germany\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/NyjDdHv1Gp92A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wernshausen &amp; Niederschmalkden<\/a>\u00a0(2:59)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/FNRoLEYM8aFa0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arnstein<\/a>\u00a0(Without the Churches) (2:16)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/UnVgck8zVHNMK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Georg in Essleben<\/a>\u00a0(1:05)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/dQTVXfMkPschz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Arnstein: St. Nikolaus &amp; Maria Sondheim<\/a>\u00a0(3:04)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/zkUk99FqduLuG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Near Arnstein: St. Margareta and St. Laurentius<\/a>\u00a0(2:59)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>08\/29 &#8211; 09\/16\/2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/Ireland_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: Belfast, Northern Ireland &amp; Dublin, Republic of Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11\/15 &#8211; 12\/01\/2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/England_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hull, Liverpool, Rye, Canterbury &amp; London, England<\/a><\/li>\n<li>08\/07 &#8211; 08\/23\/2024: <a href=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/England_North_Atlantic_August_2024.pdf\">London, Southampton, Queen Mary 2 to New York<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kathleen&#8217;s Videos\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/We-are-going-to-London-1.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Southampton-1.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southampton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Queen-Mary-2-Crossing.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Mary 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Travel\/Journals\/2024_England_North_Atlantic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the original journal (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>05\/13 &#8211; 06\/02\/2025: Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Tallinn, London\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Europe-2025-Journal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony&#8217;s Journal (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kathleen&#8217;s Videos<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PYbzUHPHe2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oslo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lOfigYQtw7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copenhagen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hU5W9PX_49I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockholm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iqZGKFOWb1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tallinn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many things about my wife that I love so much is our shared passion for travel. We have taken many &#8220;trips of a lifetime&#8221; together to Europe. 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