I wanted to share some thoughts on our trip now that we’re back and my brain has had some time to process it. Overall it was an amazing trip and I would definitely go back! This isn’t a place where I felt “I’d like to live here”, but I would…
Day 11 – Stykkishólmur to Hellnar By Wednesday we were making our way to the Snæfellsnes peninsula north of Reykjavik. It was absolutely the coldest, windiest, rainiest point of our trip. We ended up missing a few things due to the weather, but still saw a lot of interesting sights….
Day 7 – Egilsstaðir to Mývatn On Saturday we drove from Egilsstaðir to Mývatn. Along the way we stopped at several waterfalls: Rjukandafoss, Selfoss, and Detifoss. Before the first waterfall, we pulled off at some random gorge for Pete to fly his drone. We also went to the famous Stuðlagil…
Day 5 – Hofn to Egilsstaðir On Wednesday we left Hofn and drove through the East Fjords, stopping at a few little towns along the way. The scenery is incredible and the weather cleared up beautifully. The drive is a little white-knuckle-y but not too horrible. We made it to…
For our Iceland trip, as with most things we do, we decided to forge our own path rather than use a travel agent or tour company. Pete did most of the research, taking into account the scenery he wanted to see and photograph/video with his drone, and the birds I…
We visited the Tower of London, and finally took a double-decker bus!!! After, we went to Dishoom for Indian food, walked the short Neal’s Yard street, and stopped by the new Guinness Open Gate Brewery, which Shelby and I both managed not to “split the G”. Then we went into…
On Sunday we went to services at Westminster Abbey. It was the sung Rite II and very similar to our Episcopalian service back home, but in such a beautiful setting. I will never forget being able to worship here! Then we went to the Blue Boar for Sunday pub roast,…
We did a self-guided tour of Westminster Abbey, and even found out we could join a short prayer session at the shrine of Edward the Confessor (which you can’t see on normal tours) led by the priest. Most people either don’t know or want to do it, as there were…
The next day, a Friday, we managed without TOO much trouble to make our way by train to Cambridge. We had a blast punting! A punt is a flat-bottomed boat that is poled like Venetian gondolas (but in all other ways dissimilar). This took us down the River Cam and…
My two daughters graduated college this year, and since they’d never been to England, we decided to celebrate with a girls’ trip. I’d never gotten a chance to do something like this with them before, so I was really excited. And it lived up to our expectations! We arrived on…
Thursday we drove from Phoenix to Sedona. Moving north, the saguaro make way for trees. It’s still desert with prickly pear and cholla (?) cacti, but not the iconic saguaro. Then the red rocks that make Sedona famous being to appear. The further you drive, the more dramatic they become….
Taliesin West We went to Taliesin West, the winter “camp” of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been preserved as a UNESCO site. Afterwards, we chased down a couple of other Wright pieces: the spire he created as part of his design for the Arizona capitol building (his design was…