A story about going to a music festival and realising your kids have grown older (and you have grown old) With my hubby stationed in London and myself and our two teenage children in Denmark, I am often on the lookout for events to attend together around London. In June, I received a news feed about the V-festival… Continue reading Parents: Never take your teenagers to a music festival
Category: Art
Learn from masterpieces and create your own at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Just arrived, I am sitting on a stool in the children’s wing at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, about 30 km north of Copenhagen. I look at the 12-14 other participants, all women, most of them in their forties (like me) or older. It worries me a little. I signed up for creative workshops,… Continue reading Learn from masterpieces and create your own at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Cold days in Jurmala and Riga, Latvia
Art nouveau and decay Jurmala, which to my ears sounds Finnish, is a coastal area approximately 30 km from Riga in Latvia. Here, I visit the Danish ambassador and his family for three days in January.… Continue reading Cold days in Jurmala and Riga, Latvia
Dutch destiny report from World War II – added music and an impressive stage set
The hangar theater was filled to the brim, and a speaker voice had just welcomed us to the musical ‘Soldaat Van Oranje’, stressing that for safety reasons we should all remain seated, because we were in a theater designed as a rotating auditorium. Then, a lady started to walk down the aisle, and only after… Continue reading Dutch destiny report from World War II – added music and an impressive stage set