Strasbourg Old Town, October 2, 2011.
Author: George Wood
I was born in California, but have lived in Sweden since 1975, working at Radio Sweden. I spent many years writing and presenting our program for shortwave listeners, “Sweden Calling DXers”. With the gradual phase-out of shortwave in favor of the Internet, I’ve since moved on to being our webmaster. My big claim to web fame has been that I was the first person in Sweden to post a radio program on the Internet, in 1994…the first person in Europe to post a radio program in English.
Cafe Brant Strasbourg
Very traditional, but with free wi-fi!
Intricately carved old door in Strasbourg
Intricately carved old door in Strasbourg, originally uploaded by radiowood2000.
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