Teresa, Juniper and I just spent twelve days in Stockholm, Sweden and multiple cities in Iceland (though mostly Reykjavik). I’ll post again with some pictures from the trip soon. But today I want to point out something that has been rattling around my brain since about half way through the trip.
Vacation is a really interesting [...]
Every two years, Teresa’s family gets together and does a vacation somewhere fun. Two years ago, it was North Carolina on the Outer Banks. This year it was the Gulf Coast of Florida, in a town called Clearwater. We spent the last seven days there hanging out and visiting the beach, looking for sea shells.
Growing [...]
Today I’m at home, pretending to take a vacation day. The dogs are wrestling around or outside chasing after one another. Good music fills my living room and kitchen and a good cup of coffee sits near at all times.
It’s my first real day of vacation for 2014 and it’s sorely needed. I say pretending [...]
This has been an atypical vacation in terms of writing. Many things happened that were noteworthy, but it didn’t all get put on paper. We spent NYE at a very fun bar in Hopkins, a local joint where most of the proprietors from other bars and restaurants come to celebrate. The DJ at first was [...]
Today is our last full day of the trip. It started by getting up at 6am and doing some quick breakfast before hopping on a bus to take a river cruise. It’s about 45 minutes away from our hotel, and we were excited to try one last time to see some wildlife.
It didn’t disappoint. [...]
Lots of sunshine, in fact, I’m getting pretty reddish now. Today was another day of rest and relaxation. We are basically taking two days not do much of anything.
That’s actually harder for me than it sounds. I struggle to stay in and not DO something. I don’t recall when I got this way. Nowadays, I [...]
Yesterday we dropped off the Montero Sport at Vamos Car Rental, but before hand stopped off in a small town just NE of the highway called Qauantil. We picked up a few hand crafted artisan pottery pieces for family and one for ourselves and then ate lunch. We arrived at Playa Ocotal at roughly 3pm [...]
After a very nice long day of relaxation in Montezuma, it was time to get on the road. And the road was not easy. We were actually pretty concerned about getting to Samara from Montezuma as the roads are not complete and during the rainy seasons it’s a pretty difficult endeavor. We were told that [...]
Finally got some sun. Mostly laying around and reading today. Infinite Jest is going to take me forever to finish. Now getting ready for dinner and then heading off to Samara in the morning.
It took us quite a while on this trip to actually see the ocean. Most of our exploits were inland and as such sopping with rainforest weather. Monteverde was a great stop, I actually liked the folks at La Colina so much I’d prefer to stay another day. It’s a very inexpensive and fun place. [...]