by Ian Cochrane | Sep 14, 2013 | Europe
“Puffin dogs?” Hege shakes her head. “You know, there are none on the island at this point in time?” I’m speechless with disappointment. “Yah,” she adds, “but there were hundreds here last week.” It seems we’ve just missed the Norwegian Lundehund Club 50 Year...
by Ian Cochrane | Nov 23, 2012 | Europe
Cars and trucks wait in orderly line, the ferry still one hour distant. It’s the northern autumn, the air ominous and dank, rain arriving as I leave my car. The church I pass is small, the wet bluestone black. Behind, a large mound rising to leaden skies, its...