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We love to travel with our cameras, so click on the thumbnails down below
to see some of our favorite places. Or click any red dot at the left.
Click this red dot to meet Sophia Camille, our first grandchild
And here is Sophia's little brother . . Cooper Aidan
Some favorite photos of our lovely Maria
And her Caring Bridge website
How about a few family photos . .
Photos that Elsa is selling at art fairs and online
And her photo exhibit FACES at the Art and Faith Gallery in Nisswa
In the fall of 2002, almost by accident, we visited family for a month in Ålesund, Norway
That seemed such a good idea .. so the next fall a month in Venice
Then in October 2004 we rented a month in Provence
Photos from our visit to Portugal for October of 2005
Time for another sabbatical-length trip .. so first we spent Oct/Nov/Dec of 2006 in Paris!
.. then why come back to Minnesota for the winter .. so off to Spain for four months
.. including an eye-opening April week in Morocco
The dollar was down, Europe was expensive, so why not five fall weeks in Mexico in 2008?
Back to Paris for September 2009 and September 2010 to see Rolf and Karen
After Christmas 2011 in Paris, a more adventurous trip .. April 2013 to Istanbul
Here's a blog for April 2014 in Paris when Sophia visited us
And a blog for September 2015 in Amsterdam
We'd never been to the Far East or taken a cruise .. so to China in 2016
We were abroad again in 2017.. photos from September in Bruges
Then a double-header .. three September 2018 weeks in Saint-Malo in Brittany
.. followed by a week once again in Marrakech, Morocco
May 2019 found us back in Cambridge UK where we spent a wonderful 1984 sabbatical
After a pandemic pause, in 2022 we returned to Como for a wonderful September
Meanwhile, one of the most transcendent places we know is much closer .. in northern Arizona
Here's our 40th anniversary trip way back in 1999 to St. Lucia
A few photos from several 2000-2005 winter stays in Palm Springs
Welcome to the Minnesota lake home where we retired in May of 2000.
But the lake became too much work so since 2016 we've been in Sonoma, California
Here's a Freise-Klusman-Maurstad-Melland-Windh genealogy of more than 10,000 names.
And here is a two-hour oral history interview Elsa's dad did in 1975.
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