[Elsa and John]

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

Unbelievably, we lost our daughter Maria Anne in October of 2014
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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In Turkey
 
Lake Como
 
Hochkönig
 
Cinque Terre
 
Paris Sky
 
Santa Margharita
 
Hallstatt
 
Skala
 
Provence
 
Flowers
 
Morocco
 
Portofino
 
Hagia Sophia
 
Prague
 
In Turkey
 
Ravello
 
Alhambra
 
Tuscany
 
Palio in Siena
 
Ligurian cove
 
Tuscan alley
 
Amalfi
 
Eiffel Tower
 
Norway lake
 
Venice
Venice
Ålesund
Fjord
San Miguel
Elsa and John