We woke up early and took a high-speed ferry from Athens to the island of Naxos. We were with a company called Seajets. There were only 1 or […]
Greece – Day 3: Delphi
We hired a guide to drive us to the ancient religious site of Delphi. We split the van with a family from Mexico. We did not say much […]
Greece – Day 2: Athens (continued)
I want to address the fact that I studied Greek at one point. Not modern Greek, but ancient Greek. In the summer of 2003, I attended UC Berkeley […]
Greece – Day 1: Athens
We left the U.S. Friday after work and landed in Greece on Saturday morning. We met Samer’s best fried Joe, and as luck would have it, we found […]
Iceland – Conclusion
Iceland is fantastic. There is a reason it is a very popular destination, and there is no arguing about it. The people are nice, and the landscape is […]
Iceland – Day 8
This was supposed to be our last day, but plans changed. More on that later. We were leaving Reykjavik to visit our third and final thermal […]
Iceland – Day 7
Reykjavík is very small, and there is not much to it, so we centered most of our time in the town around eating, and we ate a lot. […]
Iceland – Day 6
We had a great night’s sleep. The night before, the staff had asked us when we wanted breakfast because, with only 2 rooms booked, they did not want […]
Iceland – Day 5
Calling Skyggnir Bed and Breakfast a B&B is a misnomer by US standards. There was a cabinet of shared bread, cereal, jam, coffee, and tea that you had […]
Iceland – Day 4
The wind picked up after midnight, and the entire hotel creaked and groaned under the stress of the Icelandic winter. Though we were warm and safe inside, that […]