After we left Greenland, we had a mixture of at-sea days and port days. We had two days in Atlantic Canada: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Between these two ports, we made our way briefly back to France when we visited St. Pierre. It felt surreal to step out into St. John’s, our first Canadian port of call. […]
After our early departure from Iceland, we spent a day sailing straight for the fjords of Greenland. We took shelter in the calm waters of the fjords for two days instead of doing the two extra days in Iceland. We saw tons of icebergs, glaciers, mountains, and waterfalls as we sailed through these fjords. They were beautiful, especially with the […]
We took a day trip out to Area Synest with our new friends we made here in Greece. I never would have found this stunning little spot if it weren’t for Stephanie! It was a beautiful area that felt like stepping into a fairy tale. They even played relaxing, classical music all throughout the park while you were there. They […]
We are beachfront on the Gulf of Corinth where we are staying. However, immediately to the south of us are mountains galore. This is part of why it takes forever to go around Greece to explore the various ancient sites as we regularly need to go up and over or around the mountains. We have taken several day trips out […]
Ohrid was definitely bigger, busier, and pricier than Struga itself, though still so very affordable from a Canadian perspective! We decided early in our accommodation search that Ohrid was too big of a city for us to want to stay there, opting for the smaller Struga. And while we LOVED doing day trips to Ohrid, which we did many times, […]
One of the many outstanding recommendations from Valentina was to go out to the mountains and explore Vivchani, the natural springs there, and to eat at Via Ignatia restaurant. She was three-for-three with those suggestions! Vivchani was only 20 minutes by car, so we went out there three times. On our first trip there, we stopped for a coffee at […]
Hiking and walking are some of our all-time favourite things to do. Over the years and, more specifically, over this year abroad, we have done a lot of walking and hikes. We had heard Lake Skadar was beautiful and there were some nice hikes you could do around there. I did some research and found a moderate difficulty loop that […]
The Bay of Kotor is surrounded by a minimal stretch of flat space before being surrounded by mountains. The mountains are steep and impressive looking. You can hike up to the top in some areas, some areas are accessible by a road and/or cable car, and some are completely inaccessible. The first hike up above the Bay that we did […]
The Bay of Kotor is gorgeous, and all around the entire perimeter, you find cute town after cute town. Most are incredibly tiny, some with no amenities, just houses. But some are slightly bigger and have a restaurant or two. Once you get further away from Kotor, you find other larger towns, as well. We wanted to get out and […]
Our home in Hohenschwangau is only 10 minutes by car from the Austrian border. So, obviously, we needed to take a couple of trips to Austria and check it out while we were in the area. We made two trips to Austria. One to enjoy nature/scenery and one to enjoy an Austrian city. The first time we went hiking near […]