Dr. Burns's Muses

Discussion, rants and raves, and assorted drivel from an aging family physician in Arizona, on the state of medicine and society today. With occasional doses of humor, family stuff, religion, music, and whining.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Baltic Cruise Notes, Day 11: Gdansk, Poland

Today, we went on the only serious tour we scheduled. Throughout the trip, we (mostly I) chose day tours for their interest and fun value. ...

Baltic Crise Note, Day 10: Visby, Gotland, Sweden

We were to have a bicycle tour of Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland, which is a resort island that is part of Sweden. Apparentl...

Baltic Cruise Notes, Day 9: Riga, Latvia

Today, we landed at Riga, Latvia about 10 AM. Riga is a city of about 800,000 people, which is about 1/3 of the population of Latvia. They...

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Baltic Cruise Notes, Day 8: Talinn, Estonia

It is hard to believe that we have reached the halfway point in our trip. Yesterday, for the first time, I thought about how it would be ni...

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Baltic Cruise Notes, Day 7: St. Petersburg

Today was the second day in St. Petersburg, and we went to the Hermitage, a museum that was established by Catherine the Great in the late 1...

Baltic Cruise Notes, Day 6: St. Petersburg

This was one of the days we've been looking forward to since we booked the trip. St. Petersburg, historical capital of Russia, home of ...

Baltic Cruise Notes, Day 5: Helsinki

Today, we awoke while we were still at sea. And yes, I was rocked to sleep last night. We went to the gym (excuse me, "fitness center...

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