Travel
Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
- Skyliner to Epcot
- Ratatouille ride
- Breakfast at Patisseries
- Explored countries thru Italy
- Lunch at Via Napoli
- Tried to take boat in Mexico,not working
- Ride Guardians of the Galaxy 😬
- Lefse at Bakeri in Norway
- Ride Frozen in Norway
- China and movie in China
- Dinner in Germany: Caramel Corn, Sweets, Beer, Pretzel, Bratwurst
- Boat to Hollywood Studios
- Met up with Sister and her family, Mom
- Ride Minnie & Mickey train
- Explored Galaxy’s Edge at night
- Ride Toy Story Blaster Ride which Dad won
- Rode Skyliner back to hotel
- Breakfast at Sandholt.
- Walk down Laugavegur.
- Walk along harbor to a small lighthouse
- Escaped from Reykjavik Escape!
- More shopping on Laugavegur, with long stop at Hörg but no purchases.
- Yummy snack at Loo Koo Mas.
- Watch the Reykjavik Pride Parade.
- More shopping, resulting in shoes!
- Drop off shopping at Airbnb.
- Never having enough baked goods, stop to try Brauð & Co.
- Visit the Kattakaffihusid (Cat Cafe) for cappuccino with Cats!
- More shopping at 66° North to get Mazie a shirt.
- Much deliberation at art gallery.
- Go see the Sun Voyager.
- Shop at Museum Shop in Harpa.
- Tried to see if we could use the Hopp scooters to get around, but decided wouldn’t work.
- Visit Vínberið candy store.
- Visit Rammagerðin to get Icelandic Wool Blanket.
- Visit Kronan to get some local snacks to bring home.
- Go to Fly Over Iceland! Stunning visuals, and a lot of places we had been to on the trip.
- We got super lucky and found another street spot to park car in after driving to Fly Over Iceland! 😅
- Final dinner in Iceland at Íslenski Barinn. Very good food and a very fun waitress.
- Up early for 8:30a departure with Into the Wild to go on Super Jeep tour of Þórsmörk (Thorsmork) including: Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Stakkholtsgjá Canyon Hike, Lunch at Thorsmork. We then transitioned to ATV’s for some fun riding and a stop for Gljúfrafoss Hike. Final stop at the very popular Seljalandsfoss waterfall before returning to The Garage.
- Wonderful late afternoon hot tub time under the waterfall at The Garage. This place is great to stay at.
- Return visit to Black Crust Pizzeria. We went there yesterday, and the place was too busy, dinner was rushed, and seating wasn’t great. Tammy felt strongly there was a better experience to be had so we went an hour earlier and had a delightful dinner.
- Visit Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and the kids had a great time playing on the beach, climbing on columnar geology, exploring the giant cave.
- Mazie insisted that we stop at this cave just a bit down the road from The Garage on the way back. She read the sign and discovered it was Steinahellir Cave. It had a varied history, including some superstitions. Mazie insisted that we all get out and go through the door and see it. But then she got super scared about the stories of bad luck and insisted none of us go in and then we had to let Steinahellir Cave know that we were good people. 🤞
- Visited Skogafoss. Majestic waterfall.
- Did one-half (2.5 miles) of Waterfall Way hike from Skogafoss to Cascading Falls. 5 miles round trip. Next time we’ll do it all.
- Visit Skogar Museum to see the turf houses and visit the cafe.
- Walk to Kvernufoss from Skogar Museum.
- Return to The Garage to relax.
- Pizza at Black Crust Pizzeria in Vik.
- Go to the Icelandic Lava Show!
- Start at home.
- DL260 cancelled overnight and we are now on an “on time” DL9900 flight to KEF at 12:45p. Flight should land at 11:55p in Iceland.🤞
- Lyft to airport.
- Thunderstorms threatening our departure.
- +5 hours to Iceland GMT time.
- 11:55p Land in Keflavik
- 1:35a Get rental from Enterprise, trekking from airport since shuttle stopped at 8p.
- 2:15a Checkin at Silica Hotel.
- 2:30a Go to sleep as the sun is rising.
- Pack up and clean out of White Villa 1.
- Get COVID tests at Seven Stars to clear for flight.
- Churro stop at Coco Van. Delicious.
- Return to White Villas Villa 2 to relax before evening flight.
- Late lunch at Da Conch Shack.
- Flight back home!
- Sapodilla Beach.
- Kyle was our Beach Concierge.
- Rented an umbrella.
- Kids played in sand.
- Rented Jetski!
- Drank coconut water out of freshly opened coconuts.
- Lunch at Omar’s Beach Hut.
- Returned to Villa.
- Grace Bay beach for E-Foil lesson with Fly TCI!
- Beach time during gorgeous sunset on Grace Bay.
- Late dinner at Bay Bistro at Sand’s Resort.
- Breakfast at Somewhere Cafe.
- Snorkel at Coral Gardens.
- Ice Cream at Patty’s Place.
- Shopping. Tyler got turtle souvenir. Bought matching necklaces at Ately’s.
- Returned to Coral Gardens, kids played in sand and water, adults had drinks at Somewhere Cafe.
- Dinner at Coco Van.
- Movie night at White Villas. Watch “The Adam Project” with Max and two other families on a gorgeous evening.
- Breakfast at Shay Cafe.
- Pool time at Villa.
- Tyler did homework. Made Pina Coladas. Tammy conference call.
- Long Bay Beach to hang out. Tons of kite surfers.
- Attempted dinner at Da Conch Shack but they were full.
- Redirected pizza dinner at Bella Luna.
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Disney World Log Day 1
Weather: Warm and sunny.
Steps: 19,381
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Iceland Log Day 15
Saturday, August 6th
Nice Icelandic day, a little misty in afternoon, no wind.
Our final full day of this epic Iceland 2022 trip! To frame the day, imagine that each of us had a few things on our list that we wanted to get done before we finished our trip. The net of that is a lot of walking around, various tasks, and a wide variety of things!
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Iceland Log Day 11
Tuesday, August 2nd
Great overall weather. Sunny. A few sprinkles.
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Iceland Log Day 10
Monday, August 1st
Very nice and sunny, with high winds in parts.
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Iceland Log Day 1
Saturday, July 23rd
Warm with Thunderstorms and Hail. ⛈
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 8
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 7
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Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 6
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