The Best Thing We Did in Iceland

hot river in Iceland

Not knowing much about Iceland, we booked only a week there. In retrospect it should have been at least two or three. We had a blast every day, thanking ourselves for getting a car, but the single best thing we did in Iceland was the day we spent hiking up to and sitting/soaking in the Reykjadalur river. Simply heaven. The walk … Read More

Coming Back to Australia

A Homecoming Thirty Years in the Making Our Australian adventure had me coming back to a place I called home during the first half of 1989. It was an opportunity for me to do a lot of reflecting both on how much that long-ago trip altered the trajectory of my life, and how much has changed since. My first adventure … Read More

Some Pictures of Nazaré, Portugal

After three months of bouncing around, packing and unpacking, running through train stations looking for the connecting train’s platform number, standing in passport control queues, packing some more, looking for apartments, waiting for hosts, wondering if the cab driver speaks any English…it feels very nice to find a home and do nothing for a few weeks. We’re half way through … Read More

Tell Us Mister, What Have You Done?

If you really want to test the theory that time goes by fast when you’re having fun, try travelling for three months. I can attest that the things we did only a couple months ago, already ‘feel’ like it happened a year ago. Three months into our trip we’ve visited eleven countries, eaten at 50+ restaurants, slept in dozens of … Read More

Hiking Near Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Baharak, Kasm and I did a nice 14 km walk this morning on the Sentier de Littoral (coastal trail) in the Basque region of France. We’re staying a few days in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a very quaint, slow-paced town, and decided to get in a little exercise. We hoped on the bus 816 in front of the train station and headed for Bidart, … Read More