Justin Goes Places
The Snæfellsnes peninsula is like a microcosm of the entire country of Iceland. If one only has a few days to explore the country, they would be well advised to spend that time here to get a good idea of what the rest of the country has to offer. From volcanoes, glaciers, ice caps, lava fields, … Continue reading Iceland, A Land of Diversity, Part 3: Southern Snæfellsnes Peninsula
After wrapping up 2 days of brilliant sunshine in Vik and it’s surroundings, we began to make our way back west for the next leg of our journey. I had booked us in the town of Hveragerði in the southwest corner of Iceland for a night at a guesthouse called Frost og Funi, which translates to … Continue reading Iceland, A Land of Diversity, Part 2: Hveragerði and the Golden Circle
I am just one day back home from 10 days in Iceland and I’m still feeling the afterglow of the visit. I was completely and utterly blown away by Iceland. After months of planning, reading, and generally obsessing about the trip, my expectations were high. They were exceeded. Iceland is a land of contrasts. During … Continue reading Iceland, A Land of Diversity, Part 1: South
Portland, Oregon is probably our favorite city in the world. A vegetarian mecca, where even the diviest of dive bars will have a full vegan menu of bar food. Bikes rule the streets, cars will stop in the middle of the road for pedestrians, everyone recycles, there are more craft beers than there are people … Continue reading Portland, Oregon, Cannon Beach, and Southern Washington
Some jerk once said: It’s more about the journey than the destination. Well, this reckless individual obviously has never had the experience of passing through a modern airport. We used to get stressed and frazzled at the beginning of our journeys, wondering if we’d make our flight, wondering what new rules the TSA had implemented … Continue reading Taking the Stress Out of Travel
Our trip was sadly coming to a close. For our flight itinerary, we had what’s known as an open jaw, which is where you fly into one airport, but depart out of a different airport. We decided to depart out of Geneva rather than backtrack to Zurich so we could see a bit of the … Continue reading 9 Days in Switzerland – Part 5: Vaud
Ladies and gentleman, I present to you – the Lauterbrunnen Valley: by
The Glacier Express was a highlight of our trip. After 8 hours on a train, however, we were more than anxious to arrive at our next destination, Zermatt. Atypical of my normal behavior, I hadn’t done a whole lot of research into this particular leg of our journey. I knew a few basic facts, I … Continue reading 9 Days in Switzerland – Part 3: Zermatt
St. Moritz is known for it’s 360 days of sunshine. With the odds in our favor, we arrived in sunny St. Moritz only to fall out of favor on one of its 5 annual rainy days. by
This is the first picture I took after arriving in Switzerland: When this is what you see after having been in a country for a little over an hour, you know there must be good things to come. by
