We slept in today until 10a (4a back home) and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the hotel. At 2:00p we went across the street to the Adlers Hotel in which we went up to the 12th floor for a birds … Continue reading Austria Day 4: Swarovski Crystal Museum
This morning we are up and ready in the lobby at 9:30a. We have a city tour of Innsbruck by our amazing local tour guide, Verena. She is wonderful and upbeat as she takes us to our first stop – … Continue reading Austria Day 3: City Tour & New Years Celebration
The morning was easy as we slept in and ate a hearty breakfast in the hotel’s dining room. We then met the group at 10:00a and loaded up our tour bus to travel 45-minutes to Kuhtai Ski Resort. It was … Continue reading Austria Day 2: Winter Olympics
The Austria adventure begins with my flight from Cleveland to Newark, (which was delayed and almost made me miss my connecting flight) to Munich. I lucked out on the 8-hour flight by having an open seat next to me, therefore … Continue reading Austria Day 1: Travel to Innsbruck
Our morning began at 8:00a (2:00a back home) with continental breakfast at our hotel. It was the best layout so far on the trip with plenty to choose from along with a local recipe on the wall for Catalan Tomato … Continue reading Spain Day 6: Girona & Barcelona
The morning is an early one as we wake up at 6:40a (12:40a back home) for our walking tour of Granada. We each receive a bagged breakfast that included pineapple juice, water, a pear, yogurt, two ham & cheese sandwiches … Continue reading Spain Day 5: Granada, Malaga & Barcelona
We were up by 7:45a (1:45a back home) to board our tour bus and drive 1hr 45mins to Cordoba. We all slept the entire way and were delighted as we entered into Cordoba with its beautiful Roman Bridge (another GOT … Continue reading Spain Day 4: Cordoba & Granada
Today we are up bright and early at 8:45a (2:45a back home) for our first Game of Thrones (GOT) excursion to the city of Osuna. We enjoy a continental breakfast in the hotel lobby before boarding our bus for the … Continue reading Spain Day 3: Seville & Osuna Excursion
This morning we were up at 7:00a (1:00a back home) for a bagged breakfast in the hotel lobby, followed by hopping on our tour bus for a short 5-minute ride over to the Madrid train station. We boarded our train … Continue reading Spain Day 2: Sevilla
Vamos a España! The adventure begins with a flight from Cleveland to Washington DC. It was supposed to be a 1hr 45 min ride but the pilot booked it over there in an hour. We hit a lot of turbulence … Continue reading Spain Day 1: Madrid
We slept in today until 9:00a (5:00a back home) and made breakfast of egg sandwiches, OJ, and tea before showering, packing up and heading south towards Reykjavík. The weather today was 46 degrees and cloudy, with a light misting in … Continue reading 7 Days In Iceland – Day 6: West Coast
Friday started with oatmeal for breakfast at 7:30a then driving down the road 13 minutes to Grjótagjá, the cave from Game of Thrones, Season 3. Its a beautiful day at 47 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. There … Continue reading 7 Days in Iceland – Day 5: Myvatn & Godafoss
Today we woke up at 7:30a, got ready and ate or continental breakfast at the hotel. We then packed up our car and headed off to Svartifoss. This waterfall was inside one of their national parks, and was a 1.8 … Continue reading 7 Days in Iceland – Day 4: Jökulsárlón
Today was our most busy day. We woke up at 7:00a (3:00a back home) and after breakfast, we got ready and left the Air BNB at 9:30a to head south and drive the Southern coast of Iceland. The day was … Continue reading 7 Days in Iceland: Day 3 – South Shore
We were up, bright and early at 6:30a (2:30a back home) for breakfast in our Air BNB of eggs, bagels and oranges. After showering and packing up the car, we start of north east to begin the 8a-2p Golden Circle … Continue reading 7 Days in Iceland: Day 2 – Golden Circle
Day 1 Today started off with our five and a half hour flight from Cleveland airport at 8:20p straight to Iceland via IcelandAir. It was a great, new, and clean airline with decent seats and movies. The only downfall is … Continue reading 7 Days in Iceland: Day 1 – Blue Lagoon
Eddie Bauer Women’s Cirruslite Down Parka / Calvin Klein Faux Fur Trim Hooded Anorak Black / Women’s The North Face Triple C II Parka Goose Down Medium Black Light Down Layer – I found this light puffer layer at … Continue reading What to Pack for Iceland – 5 Days in August
