Author: Minion-Chris

Planning for Australia

ByMinion-Chris February 17, 2017 0 Comments
I'm about to hit the road again! This time my friend and I are on our way Down Under to Australia! This will be my LAST continent to visit in order to check off my bucket list item of visiting all 7 continents! Initially when I first started planning this trip, the plan was to visit both Australia and New Zealand. But as the plans evolved, it became impractical given the size of Australia and...

Scandinavian Wrap Up

ByMinion-Chris February 16, 2017 0 Comments
Throwback to Scandinavia 2013. We toured the Golden Circle and spent our last days in Iceland before heading home. Here is one final wrap up of my Scandinavian adventure Scandinavian Wrap Up At the time, this was the longest and most eagerly anticipated trip I had embarked on. When all was said and done, we were on the road for over a month and had visited five countries. I always wanted to visit...

Iceland – Golden Circle

ByMinion-Chris February 9, 2017 1 Comment
Throwback to Scandinavia 2013. We explored Reykjavik on our first day in Iceland. Today we would venture out to explore the "Golden Circle" Iceland Horizon Golden Circle Tour We had booked Iceland Horizon prior well in advanced. We didn't want to be on a large tour bus and rather the small group feel so we booked and were picked up at our Hotel by David our guide (who turns out to be the owner...

Good bye Sweden, Hello Iceland!

ByMinion-Chris February 2, 2017 1 Comment
Throwback to Scandinavia 2013. We spent our last few days in Stockholm but it was time to say good by to Sweden and get on make our way to the final stop on our journey, Iceland! Iceland When we began this trip, I had mentioned that we took advantage of Icelandair's free stopover offer that allowed passengers to spend time in Iceland while transiting on to their final destination. My sister and I...

Stockholm, Sweden Pt. 3

ByMinion-Chris January 26, 2017 1 Comment
I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. We continued to visit some major stockholm landmarks. As our time in Stockholm came to an end we would keep exploring this wonderful city. Skansen Open Air Museum Our first stop of the day was Skansen.  It is an "open air museum" which originally was meant to exhibit the rural culture of Sweden.  Today it looks like it is this huge park...

Stockholm, Sweden Pt. 2

ByMinion-Chris January 19, 2017 1 Comment
I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. We arrived and started exploring Stockholm. We continue our trek through this beautiful city. Stockholm City Hall We actually walked by city hall on one of our previous days of exploring. It was actually very close to our Hotel and so we were able to visit it earlier in the morning. It's a distinct part of the Stockholm skyline and is a...