Cat and Mouse

The ancient city of Dubrovnik brought in cats to keep the mice out of the grain stores. To this day, stray cats are everywhere in the walled city. Tabbies, black cats, yellows, calicos,

Model City

The patron saint of Dubrovnik, St Blaise, was always sculpted holding a model of the walled city. There are 17 sculptures of him around the old city. The city model he holds is

Singing in the Bathroom

The bathrooms in the Helsinki airport have bird songs playing to create a calming environment [https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2016/mother-natures-music-unexpected-use-bird-sounds-helsinki-airport] . > Since 2011, passengers using the toilets have been serenaded

Go to HEL

The abbreviation for the Helsinki airport is HEL. My layover was listed as 8 hour layover in HEL. And the signs advertising the gift shops promote Treasures of HEL.

Shadowy Airplanes

It is strange that the visual representation of airline flights shows the planes with a shadow as they pass over land and water. We are 37,000 feet in the air. That’s