Europe

A Quiet, Cold, Rainy, Snowy Day in Isafjordur

While my friends back home are battling heat and smoke, here in Isafjordur the climate is a bit different: it has been raining and snowing (a bit) since about 4:00 p.m. yesterday. That’s led to a quiet day of visiting museums, the library, and a bakery and coffee shop that has been open since 1871. In a delightful cultural juxtaposition after seeing fishing...

Photos from Rome, December 2014

After the modern bustle of Paris, the charms of Rome were an entirely different experience. What I loved most about Rome was the feeling of being in 44 BCE, 1500 CE, 1950 CE, and 2015 CE simultaneously. In the course of one block, you could see a fragment of an ancient column, a church constructed in the Middle Ages, and the most absurd traffic I’ve experienced...

Iceland, March 2014

This was the trip of the open road, no itinerary, and free discovery. Renting a camper from Happy Camper and Iceland’s liberal laws about open camping meant I could drive where I wanted and sleep when and wherever I felt tired.  Some of the best moments of this trip were entirely unplanned, like unexpectedly arriving at the Thorofoss waterfall after deciding...

Ireland, August 2012

Molly Malone Statue in Dublin Famine Memorial Statue in Dublin James Joyce Blarney Castle Cliffs of Mohr Dublin Street Joyce Museum Christchurch Cathedral Hurling National Semifinal Dublin Castle First Guinness Wicklow Way Guinness Tour Cliffs of Mohr St. Stephen’s Green Statue Christchurch Cathedral