We started our day by driving to the charming fishing village of Husavik. It is a commercial center for the large agricultural area, and many fish, meat and dairy products are processed here for the country. We almost considered skipping the
Given our late night arrival at Keflavik, we opted to take the bus to our hotel, and just spend the night next to the domestic airport, in order to make our early morning domestic departure as simple as possible. The following
If there was ever a country perfectly suited for a road trip, it’s Iceland. With only a week, we thought it was too much to try and make it around the entire 1,830 miles of Iceland’s two-lane (and sometimes single lane) ring road,
Friday We had a late arrival into San Sebastian on Friday evening, and given that this region tends to eat more on French time rather than Spanish time, most places were closing. We were lucky enough to still have time to enjoy Pinxtos at
Crete wasn’t even on my radar of must-see places to visit, but I was fortunate enough to stumble on this magical island. I had just booked a flight to San Sebastian, and then met up with Lenny for drinks. He was on his
Cinque Terre, or "five lands" is a stretch of the Italian coastline made of up five villages - Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare - situated between two industrial towns, Levanto to the North and La Spezia to the South. The historic,
We didn’t spend any time in Naples, but I had an hour before I needed to head to the airport, so I thought, despite being full, it was appropriate to try the famous pizza. And it was worth it! So much that
We made a day trip via ferry from Sorrento to the island of Capri. Capri is nestled between two mountains on the island. Given its abundant sea caves and beautiful views, its no wonder so many escape to this little island. There
After our visit to Pompeii, we took the train down to Sorrento. Given our short stay in the region, we chose to make Sorrento our base. Sorrento marks the start of the 43-mile coastal road, and is a great place filled
Aarti and I spent 4 days along along the Amalfi Coast – it wasn’t close to being enough time but provided a nice survey of the region. I would love to spend more time at almost every place we visited,