What a day this was!!! We headed out to territory unknown today – the southeast coast. Our first stop was at Gljúfrabúi and Seljalandsfoss – beautiful waterfalls within the same area. Gljúfrabúi is unique because it doesn’t fall over the side as most do, it drops into an opening that is mostly obscured from passers...
Continue readingAnother day of adventure for the Collins/Groves combo! It was mostly a day of driving so our narrative is a bit brief. Today’s journey was to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula on the west coast of Iceland. The peninsula has an amazing array of topography – mountains, waterfalls, lava fields, dormant volcanoes, beaches ...
Continue readingDay 2 was a long, busy day. We picked up our rental car in the morning and headed out for the Golden Circle – Þingvellir National Park, Geysir, and Gullfoss – with a few extra stops along the way. Just getting there was an adventure – the car is a diesel with variable transmission therefore...
Continue readingFirst full day in the land of ice and fire! We are honored to have Tim’s cousins – Sondra & Blake Groves – join us on this short adventure. Tim’s birthday and Sondra’s birthday fall in the same week so this will be one heckuva celebration week for them! The temperature when we landed was...
Continue readingFirst, sorry for the tardiness in getting this post up. We left our travel laptop at our family’s house over Thanksgiving. Now, on to the post… Last day in the Czech Republic! We spent the day in the medieval town of Cesky Krumlov, located in the South Bohemia region of Czechia (if you now have...
Continue readingWoke up to a chilly, snowy Prague. More of a rainy snow, but cold nonetheless! We headed toward Charles St. Bridge again with no particular plans in mind. Having time to spare before our afternoon activity, we decided to ride the tram line to the very end, giving us a true picture of life...
Continue readingHuh? Vienna you say?? Surprise – we spent the day in Vienna, Austria! It was a long day but worth it. Tim wanted to see 4 Eastern European capitals – Budapest, Bucharest, Prague, and Vienna. We saw two earlier this year, are staying in one currently, so decided to take the journey today to finish...
Continue readingFirst full day in the capital of the Czech Republic! Hopped on the tram to head toward Charles Bridge again. Ok, we hopped on A tram but not THE tram. For the record don’t trust Jay to read tram numbers from a distance. After a slight side trip to a random neighborhood we made our...
Continue readingInteresting journey getting to Prague. Sitting at the gate in Minneapolis (MSP) at the very end of the concourse (very end=nowhere to go) waiting for our flight, three CBP officers quietly approach the group seated behind Tim, talk to a man, and handcuff him. Guy sits down, another CBP officer joins, and within minutes lead...
Continue readingWe left Bucharest (plains) for Transylvania (other side of the mountains) this morning. A normal journey from Bucharest to Brasov is about 2-2.5 hours but on Fridays and Sundays the drive can take as much as 5 hours! While we experienced quite a bit of traffic on the only 2 lane road it did not...
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