I follow a lot of blogs, and not only royalty-related ones. My third cousin Arthur Bjorn Egeli is a well-stablished painted residing in Pasadena, California. His blog
Arthur Egeli Paintings is worth checking out, although I wish he updated it more often. He has a
website as well, by the way.
Arthur's first cousin Lisa from Maryland, who like Arthur is also my third cousin, doesn't have a blog, but she has a great
website, and she is on
Facebook and
Twitter as well. For more on the Egeli artists, please go to my
Ekeli page.
Some times it is funny to just click on "Next blog" (at least Blogspot.com has that option) and see what happens. There are some talented artists and bloggers out there, like
Drawman,
Karen Thumm,
Bill Guffey and
Elephant Art.
If you are into genealogy, you might want to check out Arnfrid Mæland's blog
Fjellsiden (The Mountain Side), where you can among read about the Norwegian ancestry of
Arlene Carol Dahl and
Joni Mitchell. You need to understand some Norwegian though. But the Joni Mitchell article has a link to another Mithell article written in English.
And if you have realized how much history and genealogy you can learn from visiting a cemetery, then maybe
A Morbid Fascination is a blog to visit?
At the young age of 6 months the wrapping was obviously the most exciting aspect of Christmas. Later he has learned to appreciate the true meaning - that the Lord sent his Son into the world to save us.
Grave of King Zog of the Albanians (1895-1961), proclaimed King 1928, in exile from 1939. According to Associated Press 9 October 2009, plans are under way to move the remains of King Zog to his homeland.
King Zog's elder sister Princess Adile (1890-1966) and her son Salih Doshishti (1913-1983) are also buried at Cimetière de Thiais.
The back side of the Zogu grave.
Grave of Abdel Rahman Rustem (1891-1970), a member of the royal court of Albania (?).
King Zog's grave seen from a distance.
Memorials of people who have donated their bodies to science.
Different ethnic groups and different countries give different traditions of memorials.
Le cimetière parisien de Thiais (Cimetière de Thiais) in Paris can be reached by taking the metro line no. 7 to Villejuif-Louis-Aragon (end of line 7) and then bus no. 185 or 285 (six stops). When you enter the cemetery you will find a big sign with a map of the various sections. King Zog's grave is pointed out. See also the map (in pdf) at the official website.