Water & Wet

The waters were way too choppy to swim yesterday so we aborted our attempts to make it out to the John Aster Estate where we were told to go …

Remember last year when I said I was going to make my bud run the Grand Canyon next time? Well, I did it. Here he is all sweaty after running back up. …

We had time to kill before lunch, so Chiara took us to Pienza. Unlike many of the other towns in the region, Pienza was built during peaceful times, …

Of course the next morning Pokin wanted to get up for sunrise photos. At least since it was October, sunrise was later and breakfast was already open. …

My bud explained to me that, even though we were done with waterfalls, we’d be going somewhere very wet. We were to spend the day with my …

We had one more waterfall to catch for the day. Seljalandsfoss, AKA the most photographed waterfall in Iceland was our last stop. It means …

Pokin wasn’t done with waterfalls for the day. She next mapped us to Gljúfrafoss. Apparently it’s known as one of the wettest hikes in …

The next morning I was dragged up again at what I think was nearly sunrise. I think it was nearly sunrise because it was pouring rain…so …

Way too early in the morning the next day, the alarm went off and I was thrown into a bag. Off we went to Breiðamerkursandur, also known as Diamond …

After I got over the shock of going somewhere dark and wet and cold, I started to get a little excited for our trip. We rented a 4-wheel drive SUV …

Post cheesecake, we ventured away from the blue line <gasp!> through the city and towards the water.

“You’re lucky” said our host at the time she picked us up from the airport. “It’s been raining the past few weeks but it …