The band, drinks, and cigar at the end of last night really turned yesterday around.  Let's see if we can keep the momentum rolling! Today started out with a trip downstairs to the lobby trying to figure out how to use the phone in our room.  Even though I had already tried exactly what they told me to do, then

Day 2 and we are finally rested and ready to explore the city.  I started the morning with a short walk around the hotel still trying to get my bearings and see as much of Old Havana as possible.  I enjoy seeing the day-to-day life of the people in every place that we visit, so this day was filled with

Since rules about traveling to Cuba were loosened I've been interested in visiting.  Cat and I did tons of research, watched every show or video about Cuba that we could find, and booked our trip.  We flew Jet Blue Airlines from LAX to Fort Lauderdale, then Fort Lauderdale to Havana.  We've been taking so many day trips on airlines such

After seeing the Northern Lights at 6pm yesterday, we came back to our apartment, dropped off all of the gear, and headed out to hit some of the local bars that we've been meaning to get to for the last few days.  We ran into a friend we made on the bus during the Golden Circle tour, and stayed up

We spent the morning at the Golden Circle, but spending the evening seeing the aurora borealis kind of overshadowed everything else today.  That's why we do this blog.  It's a good opportunity for us to go back through our own day and remember how awesome it was!  So let's get started with some geysers, waterfalls, and sunsets in the Golden

Here we are at the half way point.  Time to get down to some serious relaxing at the Blue Lagoon. One of the advantages to having an apartment instead of a hotel is being able to cook your own food.  For breakfast I made potatoes and eggs. This is the cathedral at the end of our street.  Hallgrímskirkja Church City

We are still trying to get acclimated to the time change, and 4 hours of daylight isn't helping anything.  After a continental breakfast at the hotel surrounded by 100 tour bus travelers, we're off to the Glacier Lagoon!   Glaciers!!  The following, in no particular order, are glaciers in a lake. If it's cold enough for glaciers, it's too cold

We're in Iceland!  I'm going to try to keep up a daily blog while we're here, but no promises.  This is Iceland Day 1+ because it's more than a day from the time that we got on the plane until we finished our night.  With only 4 hours of daylight we have to make the most of every minute, so

Cat and I have had a standing deal.  If we can get flights for under $100, and we can return the same day, then we'll go anywhere.  San Francisco seems to keep providing opportunities within those parameters.  With our now veteran travel friends Amy and Chris, along with a new day trip attendee, we headed out on a flight at