Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden.  I left the heatwave of San Francisco, and now have been transported to the autumn of Northern Europe.  Here are photos of the full moon, one from the plane, and one from my parents’ balcony.  There was no lunar eclipse here, so I didn’t get to see the red moon that was visible from California.

The first thing I always notice about Stockholm is how the public transportation works so well.  Buses are on time and not too full.  Cars have to pay a fee to enter the city, and the money goes to improving public transportation. There are new restaurants and shops popping up.  There are new thai massage places and yoga studios.  The taxi driver who drove me home was from Kurdistan, and although his Swedish was not great, he was telling me his views of politics and how America should stop bombing the Middle East, because it is just making things worse for everyone.  This city is much more cosmopolitan than when I first moved here  in 1992.    But there are still a lot of blonde people here!

I will fly to Frankfurt on Saturday morning.