Tag: Europe

#TBT – Europe 2012 – Birmingham Wedding

ByMinion-Chris June 1, 2017 0 Comments
I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. Back in 2012 my family and I travelled to England to attend a cousin's wedding before making our way to Italy and cruising the Mediterranean. English Wedding In the summer of 2012, we flew from Vancouver to England to attend a cousin's wedding in Birmingham. This was one of the last "big" family trips we took together. As both my sister...

Continental Minion! Checking all the Continents off the bucket list

ByMinion-Chris April 30, 2017 1 Comment
Visiting all Seven Continents With the completion of my recent trip to Australia, not only did I check Australia off the "visit list", but also hitting all seven continents from my bucket list as well. For as long as I can remember, stepping foot on all seven continents had always been at the top of my bucket list. And for the past several years, there was a focused effort to make that dream a...

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...