National Monument of Scotland
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Iceland Day 7 – Kerid Crater hike
Read More: Iceland Day 7 – Kerid Crater hikeWe woke early at the Glass House as it was sunny this morning – sleep masks can only do so much. We were treated to another great view of Hekla volcano – all that snow on the mountains is new since last night! By the time we had a relaxing breakfast and another soak in…
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Iceland Day 6 – Hjorleifshofdi & Gigjagja (Yoda Cave)
Read More: Iceland Day 6 – Hjorleifshofdi & Gigjagja (Yoda Cave)20 minutes east of Vik on Hwy 1 is Hjorleifshofdi, a 221m palagonite inselberg created from the interaction of water with volcanic glass, resulting in an isolated hill with chemical composition similar to basalt. The Gigjagja Cave in the wall of the mesa is affectionately called the ‘Yoda Cave’ (see below photo). The opening scenes…
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Iceland Day 5 – Fjadrargljufur Canyon, Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach & Dyrholaey
Read More: Iceland Day 5 – Fjadrargljufur Canyon, Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach & DyrholaeyToday we woke up to beautiful sunny weather with relatively clear skies. This was the first day we had no rain! It is still darn cold, though. Maybe 10 degrees and a lot colder when its windy (which is all the time). Reynisfjara black sand beach is at the edge of the town of Vik.…
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Iceland Day 4 – Solheimajokull Glacier, Seljalandsfoss & Gljufrabui
Read More: Iceland Day 4 – Solheimajokull Glacier, Seljalandsfoss & GljufrabuiSolheimajokull glacier is 8km long & 2km wide and flows from the mighty Myrdalsjokull ice cap – the 4th largest on Iceland with many other outlet glaciers. The ice cap lies over the Katla volcano which made a big mess with its last major eruption in 1918. A few smaller eruptions more recently did not…
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Iceland Day 3 – Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon
Read More: Iceland Day 3 – Jokulsarlon Glacial LagoonHappy Mother’s Day! Mother’s Day has been celebrated in Iceland since 1934 (on the 2nd Sunday in May). This is the bag that Dave is using for his lunch. I think it came from a shop at Reitmans. We took a very long drive today (2.5 hours) east to see the Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon –…
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Iceland Day 2 – Skogar Museum, Kvernufoss and Skogafoss
Read More: Iceland Day 2 – Skogar Museum, Kvernufoss and SkogafossSkogar Museum was a surprisingly great experience. We are not museum people in general so we might visit one museum per trip. The Skogasafn was small in stature but well executed. We got to explore early Icelandic history! Inside several buildings were the folk museum and the technical/transport museum. Outside was the open air museum…
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Iceland Day 1 – Arrive and Drive to Vik
Read More: Iceland Day 1 – Arrive and Drive to VikAnd we’re off to Iceland. Unfortunately, with flights just recovering their previous schedules, we couldn’t fly direct out of Vancouver to Reykjavik. We had to book via Seattle. We flew to SeaTac mid morning and had a 4 hour layover. The upside of that is we had time for a nice breakfast in YVR, tasty…
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Kauai Part 3 – Final Couple of Days
Read More: Kauai Part 3 – Final Couple of DaysMalasadas – we finally got them. The store returned from holiday so we took advantage. Down by Brenneke Beach is an indigenous area. It’s a reconnection of a site lost over time. We took a nice hike up the Sleeping Giant. Beautiful trail and crazy views at the top. Sorry Grace – one more cliff.…
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Kauai Part 2
Read More: Kauai Part 2The water across the street from our condo is very dynamic. We’ve seen many dolphins swimming by (about 10 this morning) and turtles feeding offshore almost daily. Both are too far away for decent photos, but we will remember them! Today the ocean is angry and we see a line of surfers on their boards…
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Kauai Part 1
Read More: Kauai Part 1Oct 30 was our move day. Later morning check out in Maui and off to the airport for the puddle jumper to Lihue, Kauai. We picked up another rental Jeep (black this time instead of dark gray) and headed into Poipu. True to Kauai’s reputation as the garden isle it was pouring rain. Gotta keep…
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Chinon
Today we visited the town of Chinon on the River Vienne. Chinon was the favourite dwelling place of Henri II Plantagenet and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Joan of Arc arrived in Chinon in 1429 claiming to hear heavenly voices telling her that Charles VII, the French dauphin, would give her an army to neutralize…
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Tours to Loire Valley
We bid a last adieu to Eric (again!) this morning. We left him at his orientation picnic in Tours and headed deeper into the Loire Valley to continue our oenotourism! We stopped for lunch and a wine tasting at Chateau de Miniere, a women-run winery in the country where we had a lesson on the…
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Amboise
The second week of our trip will be just the two of us, exploring the Loire Valley, touring several 17th C chateaux and tasting lots of wine. The Loire is the longest river in France. It officially separates France into north and south regions. The river was the farthest point the Moors conquered as they…
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