We got up early on Thursday morning so that we could eat breakfast and be ready for our tour pickup at 8:30am. Soon, we were bundled up and off with Arctic Adventures for a day of glacier hiking and ice climbing.

It took a little over two hours to drive out to the glacier that we were hiking in southern Iceland. The scenery on the drive was just ( Read more... )

We finally got a full night's sleep! For me, it was my first full night's sleep in weeks. I woke up at 9am refreshed and ready to tackle the day! Casper wasn't quite there yet, so I let him sleep in while I did some research on Trip Adviser and then I made us breakfast. We ate heartily, showered and then bundled up for the day.

Today was our "free ( Read more... )

We got up at 7am this morning and I started getting breakfast ready. I love having a kitchen during travel! Casper had a BEC sandwich and I had a dippy egg with toast and salami. Coffee and tea were had while we bundled up for the day's adventure.

Our tour shuttle showed up at our hotel right on time and after picking up everyone else, we were on ( Read more... )

We arrived in Revkjavik 30 minutes ahead of schedule. The flight took less than five hours. I nodded off for about 15 minutes during a movie, but didn't sleep otherwise. The time just flew (heh) by. Getting through customs was a breeze. We didn't need to fill out any paperwork and the customs agent only asked me how many days I was staying before ( Read more... )

You know, last weekend, I was so anxious to get away from the city and relax, but I feel like I had a more relaxing time IN the city this weekend. I guess what I really needed was a weekend with little to no plans.

I ended up working a little later than normal on Friday, but then landed at Jazz in the Garden after work. I didn't stay long, maybe ( Read more... )

After a somewhat taxing work week, filled with last minute urgent tasks, I've been enjoying a blissful weekend. Friday night was spent with an old high school friend at an old hangout. I met Heather at her hotel, the Hyatt Regency and then we went to dinner at Kelly's Irish Times. It felt good to catch up, but it's always weird to realize how ( Read more... )

Not too many people know this, but I spent 3/4 of my college career as a Journalism major. This was in the mid 90's when the web was just starting to take off and people were learning what it was and lots of people wanted websites and very few people knew how to create websites. I was one of those people and somewhere between my online chatting ( Read more... )

So, I had originally planned a secret date weekend out near Mount Jackson to go snow tubing. When the weather changed to frigid last week, I told Casper about the plans and we decided to cancel. Snow tubing sounded fun, but not in 15 degree weather. However, as we got closer to the weekend, the forecast went back up to the low 30's for the day. ( Read more... )

1. Running Man by Stephen King ( Read more... )

What is it with car issues right before a vacation. Tonight, we went to go move our car to a spot in front of the house, for easy packing at 5:30am tomorrow. However, when Casper got to the car, he realized that the back window was broken. It is an all over, even break, with no source of impact. They were doing some major construction right near ( Read more... )