Southeast Iceland
It was a dark and stormy night. That pretty much sums up our first overnight experience in Iceland and by all accounts, the weather was not going to improve much in the coming days, particularly in the east and to …
Ferrying to Iceland
As I type I am looking out at the waves of the North Sea as we sail toward Torshavn, the capital city of the Faroe Islands. We are aboard the Smyril Line ferry that departed from Hirtshals, Denmark on Saturday, …
Oxford and beyond
As much as we try not to plan too much into the future, there are times when a hard date dictates where we go and how long we can stay. We had ferry reservations to leave England and return to …
Wales
We had a couple of chores to finish up before we headed to Wales, one of which was getting the oil changed on Bijou and having a thorough inspection done. We get this inspection done every other year when we …
Lake District National Park
Upon leaving Ireland we once again sailed from Belfast to Cairnryan in Scotland. We decided to return to the Scar Park aire on Loch Ryan and wow, what a difference just two months makes! When last we were there the …
A cool and wet Irish Summer
We had an uneventful ferry crossing to Harwich. Well, it was almost eventful, as leaving The Netherlands meant crossing a Schengen border. Even though I, as the spouse of an EU citizen, have the same right of free movement as …
North to Vermeer
From the time we left Santiago in mid-April, we really only had two hard dates that dictated our travels before catching the ferry to Ireland from Scotland in late June. First, we had reservations at a campground near Paris for …
Leaving Spain
Hello from Ireland! Sorry we have been so long between posts! We took a vacay from social media and have just been enjoying ourselves. It was a nice break, but now we are back and will get caught up over …
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Today, May 9th, we are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary in the heart of Basque country, San Sebastian, Spain. It is pouring rain, so we don’t have plans to do much of anything other than snuggle up inside our cozy …
Camino Portuguese
With joy in my heart and a Compostela in my pocket, I have returned home from my adventure on the Camino Portuguese. It was an amazing experience and, in many ways, so much more enjoyable than I could have ever …