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Iceland – Thoughts on Our Trip
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…
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Iceland 2026 Part 4 – The West
By Wednesday, July 1, we were making our way to the Snæfellsnes peninsula north of Reykjavik. It was absolutely the coldest, windiest, rainiest point of our trip. Unfortunately that meant we ended up missing a few sights and activities due to the weather, but it wasn’t a total loss as…
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Iceland 2026 Part 3 – The North
Day 7 – Egilsstaðir to Mývatn On Saturday we left Egilsstaðir to head toward Mývatn. We had planned several stops, and we managed them all but some of it got pretty confusing! First, we went across a bridge and realized there was a beautiful canyon below it. We now know…
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Iceland 2026 Part 2 – The East
Day 5 – Hofn to Egilsstaðir On Wednesday we left Hofn and drove to Vestrahorn. This is a beautiful mountain that has a long road out to the Stokksnes headland. Of course, it has an entrance fee, but we thoroughly enjoyed the drive. Pete wanted to film the area by…
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Iceland 2026 Part 1 – The South
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…
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England Day 5 – Tower of London, Neals Yard, Open Gate Guinness Brewery, and the Key Ceremony
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…
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England Day 4 – Church at Westminster, Abbey Road, Little Venice, and Sky Garden
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,…
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England Day 3 – Westminster, Les Mis, and Covent Garden
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…
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England Day 2 – Day Trip to Cambridge
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…
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England Day 1 – Arrival in London
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…
