Over the span of 85 days we spent time in 20 cities. That does not count London where we flew in, caught a cab and rode the train out; all in the span of about 4 hours. Tomorrow is city number 21, Spokane aka home, weather and volcano permiting. Some of the cities were day trips from a …
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Reykjavik, A Unique City:
From the time we stepped off the plane in Iceland I was struck by a sense of calm clean space. No cramped walking spaces. The restroom was a gleaming well lit space that felt as though it was a room prepared for performing surgery. Yesterday on a 15 minute walk from our apartment to the old downtown …
Last Day In Porto: Flight to Iceland
We had an agenda for our last day in Porto. It included doing anything we wanted. First, was get a swimsuit for Sheila so she could use the Icelandic thermal pools. We had found a promising shop Monday that was not scheduled to open until Tuesday at 9am. We arrived shortly after 9 and amazingly, …
First Day In Portugal: Tourists and tourists and tourists oh my!!!!!!
We woke up Thursday morning in Porto Portugal. We leave Tuesday late at night for the last leg of our trip, Iceland. We are in Porto because it is cooler than the oven that is much of Europe and Spain, and it is one of the departure areas for a return to the states. Porto to Iceland to Seattle is a …
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In and Out of the Vortex: Trains, Vigo, Porto
Life can feel like a whirlwind, is it though? Might just be an adrenaline fueled trick of the mind. I haven't written for a few days. Time has felt compressed. Living space felt compressed. It is only Thursday, feels later than that. Tuesday we had to check out of our rental in Oviedo at 11am. I had …
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