A Summer Stopover in Iceland: Part 1 Settling in and the Golden Circle

Day 1, The arrival, Blue Lagoon and settling in. We arrived on the red-eye flight from NYC to Keflavik, Iceland; we touched the ground just after 7am having slept a combined total of about an hour.  Even so, we had an entire day ahead and had to push through the jet lag.  Immigration and customs was an absolute breeze.  We...

Turning a Short Trip into a Second Honeymoon in Venice, Italy

Before we booked our trip to Santorini and Mykonos, Jeremy and I agreed to add an additional 3 days in Venice because, well why not? Plus it was going to be my first trip to Italy and I just couldn’t resist! The only downside was that it would leave us getting back to New York late on Sunday with little time...

Sand and Sustenance, Our Highlights of Mykonos

Whitney had researched Mykonos from the day we booked this trip and made a plan (of course Prue had her wishes too, but they sorted it all out before we arrived).  The goal became to see as many of the beaches as we could and stop at a few highly recommended restaurants along the way.  Our friends Prue and...

Santorini: Arriving on the rocky dusty runway is a bit misleading…

Whitney is on Skype late in the evening (matching time zones with her friend Prue in Sydney, Australia) when I hear her say, “We should meet you two in Greece, we have a couple weeks of vacation so it would be perfect.”  My ears perk up and then the wheels start turning.  It’s time to plan our next trip…our...