After our trip to London, we flew via RyanAir to Dublin, Ireland. Erin has quite a bit of Irish in her, so we wanted to explore her roots! We spent five days there, condensing what is normally a two-week trip into a whirlwind tour of the Republic of Ireland and Read more…
One of the reasons why we rented a car in Iceland is because we knew we wanted to explore the Golden Circle at our own pace. Our trip itinerary only allowed us to have three and a half days in Iceland so we hit the ground running by driving to Read more…
Following our trip around the Golden Circle we drove two hours east to our hostel in Vik, a small fishing town by the southern coast, with a population of slightly over 300. Our hostel here was the Puffin hostel. Easy to find due to Vik’s small size, the Puffin hostel Read more…
Iceland. The Land of Ice. The Ice of Land? Iceland was on both of our bucket lists and we decided that we could fit in a short visit after stopping in England and Ireland during a two week vacation. We were only there 3 full days and one half day. Read more…
For the latter part of our trip we based ourselves out of Reykjavik, the island’s beautiful capital. We learned that Reykjavik loosely means “smoke bay” and was possibly named by early Icelandic Ingolfr Arnarson when he noticed the steam from the area’s geothermal activity. We loved Reykjavik and Brad felt Read more…
The Blue Lagoon. To do or not to do. That is the question. When googling things to do in Iceland prior to a visit, most travelers will see this colorful locale come up in the first few suggestions. For those who do not know, the Blue Lagoon is a man-made Read more…
One of our goals for Colorado was to drive the Trail Ridge Road, which has the distinguished honor of being the road with the highest continuous pavement in the USA (thanks internet!). Due to its height, the road becomes too dangerous to travel in the winter so it is only Read more…
Following our 98.1% conquest of Mt. Bierstadt (% conquest = 13,800 ft reached / 14,060 ft total elevation), we bolted for Grand Lake, a small touristy village nestled right next to the only Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) west side entrance. Approximately 2 hours from Mt. Bierstadt, as we approached Grand Read more…
What would a hiking trip in Colorado be without attempting to climb a 14er? Or so we heard! Granted, we did travel up Pikes Peak, but we figured driving up in your car was kind of cheating. So we looked online and found a “beginner 14er” if you will in Read more…
Day two of our trip consisted of a day trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park: https://www.nps.gov/grsa/index.htm We started from Colorado Springs which is a 2 hour and 40 minute drive. Hence, we rose and we shined at 5:45 AM and were on the road by 6:30 AM. Our ETA Read more…