Athens, Greece
Athens was one of the main reasons I wanted us to go to Greece. I’m not a history buff and I hate museums, but you can’t turn down an opportunity to see some of the oldest, most influential ruins of … Continue reading Athens, Greece
The places we’ve been, the places we want to go, and the places you should go.
Athens was one of the main reasons I wanted us to go to Greece. I’m not a history buff and I hate museums, but you can’t turn down an opportunity to see some of the oldest, most influential ruins of … Continue reading Athens, Greece
First things first…Aija is a lifesaver. She discovered that we would not be able to make it to our bus stop in time to get to Stavanger from Kinsarvik so she picked us up and drove us 45 … Continue reading Stavanger, Norway
After our wet and rainy day hiking up to Pulpit Rock, we were forced to rent a car, or forget about getting to Kjeargbolten. When you fly several thousand miles across the Atlantic, you don’t just forget about the things … Continue reading Kjeragbolten Norway
We discovered at Preikestolen while waiting on our bus that it was impossible to get to Lysebotn and back with public transportation in the time frame we needed to. The recommendation was to rent a car, so that’s what we … Continue reading Kjeragbolten, Norway
If you are anywhere in the vicinity of Stavanger, you are going to be encouraged to visit Preikestolen, commonly referred to as Pulpit Rock. It’s easily the largest tourist attraction in the area and for good reason. It’s an easy … Continue reading Preikestolen, Pulpit Rock, Norway
After an amazing stay in Tyssedal, we had to move to Kinsarvik after finding out they over booked the hotel. They were extremely apologetic, and offered us a discounted rate and gave us both free meals (around $100 saved just … Continue reading Husedalen Valley, Kinsarvik, Norway
Originally I had tried to book 3 nights at the Tyssedal Hotel because I was worried about bad weather preventing us from being able to hike Trolltunga, but our reservation got mixed up and we were only booked for two … Continue reading Kinsarvik, Norway
Well, it took us one car ride, three airplane rides, one boat ride, and three bus rides (for a total of about 27 hours!) but we FINALLY arrived at our hotel in Tyssedal, Norway. The town isn’t the most exciting, … Continue reading Trolltunga, Norway
After an absurd amount of planes, boats, and buses, Kim and I are finally made it from Fort Wayne to Tyssedal. Our flight was late arriving in Bergen, which was through us for a second as we were expecting to … Continue reading Trolltunga, Tyssedal, Norway
I am 25 years old, have a weird obsession with waterfalls, and have never seen the most powerful one in North America—Niagara Falls. Seeing as how it is only a six hour drive from my hometown, and Josh has had a weird obsession with visiting Canada, it was definitely a weekend adventure I had to fit into my crammed schedule at some point this summer. Josh and I love to travel but hate to spend money, so with the combination of a hotel groupon deal and a free, spectacular sight to see, we picked a weekend I had off work and made … Continue reading Niagara Falls