Some time after I finished the series of the Ragnarok Era (Gods of the Ragnarok Era, Runeblade Saga, and Legends of the Ragnarok Era), I realized it would have been better to present these interwoven series as a single narrative.…
From Prague, we flew to Stockholm, Sweden. We had a downtown hotel in a central location near the train station. We arrived in the evening, so we didn’t start any adventuring until the next day. Stockholm Our first order of…
From Budapest, we took a train to Prague, in the Czech Republic. While we booked a private car, first class, the system did not put us all in the same private car, which made the journey less enjoyable until we…
Our driver in Romania dropped us at our hotel in Budapest. It was late enough that we went out for dinner and not much else. Even at night, however, we got the chance to catch a glimpse of the excellent…
From Vienna, we flew to Bucharest, arriving at night, in the pouring rain. The layout of the airport required us to walk outside and we got absolutely soaked before we could reach our Uber. From there, we headed to an…
From Germany, we decided to head toward Romania for some research. The best flight we found, however, was not in Munich, but in Vienna. Which meant a bonus trip by train across the Austrian countryside. Salzburg Our first stop was…
In high school, I got to visit Germany on a summer class trip. It was an amazing experience my parents provided me with, and I was one of the lucky few who got to go. It was a whirlwind tour…
Comparative mythology allows us to see certain recurring patterns within different mythologies. This tends to be most useful in reconstructing the stories and beliefs of the past. For example, by analyzing common themes and linguistics in Indo-European stories, mythologists have…
Colmar From Bern in Switzerland, we took a train north to Colmar, France. This town in the Alsace region has a reputation for fairytale-like aesthetics and beautiful architecture, so naturally it made my list of priority research destinations. That reputation was…
After almost a year’s stopover in the US, we were at last able to return to our digital nomad adventure. Having found a good flight to Zürich, we decided to start with Switzerland, and make a circuit by train around…