Category: Europe

Glymur of Hope

A quick stop at a nice little waterfall and hiking area, just to warm up the legs and try out the efficacy of the rain gear. Of course, it stopped raining as soon as we got all dudded out but that’s to be expected and part of the trickstery weather deities in Iceland. But on […]

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A Tale of Two Pictures

On your big travel days, you’ve got to make the best of a lousy situation. You didn’t sleep at all the night before, it’s virtually 4am as you try to adjust to the new time zone, and oh what you wouldn’t give for your own bed right now for just a few hours! Sometimes that […]

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Midtsommer Madness

A quick post to officially mark the start of the Bliz 2017 Solstice Spectacular trip. The plans are to visit Iceland and Norway over the next three weeks and never encounter a dark sky once. It was ten years ago this week that Liz and Ben (later dubbed Bliz) visited Norway for the first time, […]

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Thank you’s

It takes a lot for a trip like this to happen, so there are a few people we want to thank:Alex and Kyle, for taking great care of our house and our aging, quirky dogs. We knew they were in great hands and could not have done this trip without you. Ed and Linda (Liz’s […]

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Home Safe

Home safe a few days ago, officially.  We’re getting back into our summer routine now and have a bit of time to catch up.  We still have some things to write about so this won’t be the last post on the blog.We will have links to our Picasa-driven pictures site soon. There are plenty of […]

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Amsterdam (reprise)

Our epic 72 hour trek home started yesterday when we took the ferry from Hydra back to Athens. A great final meal with our friends and this morning we were up bright and early to catch a flight back to Amsterdam. Tomorrow we take our long-haul through Dublin to Chicago, where a combination of bus, […]

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Greek Island Experience

This morning we woke up on the island of Hydra (pronounced ee-drah) and have the morning free before we head back to Athens. The island is serviced primarily by donkeys, who hall everything from people to luggage to food to bottled water (pic related). Overall a nice quiet island with plenty to explore for a […]

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Best Travel Partner Ever!

I am one lucky lady in many ways that I have Ben in my life – just one of those reasons is that he is an amazing traveling companion. Examples? Here they come… Ben has a positive attitude through every stressful situation. No spots left on the night train to Venice? No problem – let’s […]

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Urchin Care Clinic

The first thing that we start talking about when we arrive at our host’s, Rachel and Dimitri, house in Athens is the beach and swimming. It’s very warm here (95F) and “going for a dive” is a part of the culture. So, within a few hours of our arrival we were being whisked away at […]

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