The next stop on our Euro tour was also the most obscure, but it had solid reasoning behind it. Two years prior to this trip, I spent 8 weeks studying Spanish at an international university in Santander, as had the third Read more…
If you read our posts about Iceland, you may remember we talked about our preference for overnight flights – that is, leaving the US in the evening and arriving in Europe the next morning. It’s a helpful way to help Read more…
More than three years after the fact, I can no longer say why we decided that the appropriate place to go for a joint graduation trip was Europe, but that’s where we ended up. I do know that we decided Read more…
We wanted to close our series of posts about our trip to Iceland with a few retrospective thoughts. You can have a trip planned out as meticulously as possible (ours was planned down to the minute when it came to Read more…
I’ve gotten into the strange habit of doing my best to ride a horse in every country I go to, and after being lectured to specifically in class about how unique the Icelandic ponies are, there wasn’t really a question Read more…
We started our last full day in Iceland by driving 2.5 hours to Kirkjufellsfoss, what is often considered the most photographed place in the entire country – a beautiful waterfall with a vibrant green mountain looming behind it. Unfortunately for Read more…
To start our 9th day in Iceland, we drove an hour and 15 minutes to Dynjandi waterfall. Once you get there, there’s a short hike up to the main waterfall, during which you pass several smaller waterfalls. The main waterfall Read more…
We spent the morning and beginning of the afternoon whale watching out of Húsavík, which is something I had never done before. I would have considered it a success if we had seen just one whale, but during our 2.5 Read more…
After a few very busy days in a row, we were able to sleep in a little longer than we had been, which we both appreciated. A little more than 2.5 hours later, we arrived at Ásbyrgi Canyon, a large horse-shoe Read more…
We packed quite a bit into Day 6, and although I don’t have it written down anywhere, I think we got a pretty early start. First up was the 45 minute drive to Dettifoss and Selfoss, which are essentially right Read more…