May 26
Ivy Creek, Charlottesville
Here are some pictures from Ivy Creek in Albemarle County. Flora and Fauna identification help is welcome! Photos on my Site
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Nov 23
Grand Caverns, Grottoes, VA
Here are some pictures from Grand Caverns in Grottoes, VA. The caverns are great, the closest ones to Charlottesville and the pictures don’t really do it justice. Cavers, according to our guide this is one of the few caves in the world where you can see a shield formation and the only one with a…
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Sep 22
Innsbruck, Austria – My Favorite Little City In Europe
In our last trip to Europe in July, we spent a day in Innsbruck, Austria. Surprisingly it turned out to be everyone’s favorite destination during the trip and I wish we had allocated more time here. There is a lot to see and do in Innsbruck and a day is just not enough. Also, Innsbruck…
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Aug 12
Switzerland – Leysin, Montreaux
Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Switzerland: On our last trip, Switzerland was next after Iceland. Weather was perfect after the miserable biting cold in Iceland and one more destination in Asphalt 8 was checked off. I highly recommend visiting Glacier 3000. We had a Eurail pass and that got us a…
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Aug 10
Using Asphalt 8 Airborne To Pick Travel Destinations
Asphalt 8 used to be my son’s favorite game to play a few years ago and we spent many hours racing each other. And sometimes we still do. One of the things we like to do is travel and Asphalt 8 races are all over the globe. So what better way to choose places to…
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Aug 6
Walking Around Reykjavík, Iceland
Here are some photos from walking around in Reykjavík: Click the map below for walking directions on Google Maps: The map shows the route we walked. After the Sun Voyager, it is a quick walk to Laugavegur, which is the main street where you can find lots of places to eat. Surprisingly, in Iceland, it was…
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Aug 5
Roaming Globally With Project Fi
On our trip last month, we visited Iceland, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. And Project Fi worked flawlessly everywhere. Every country we visited, we got this welcome message as Project Fi connected to local cellphone networks. It even connected in Liechtenstein as the train we were on passed through. Iceland is missing from my screenshots because…
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Aug 4
South Coast Tour – Iceland
Here are pictures from the South Coast Tour with Reykjavic Sightseeing: Unlike the Ice and Lava tour, on this one our guide was basically a shepherd to keep people on schedule. The tablet guides were nice and on this one and the Ice and Lava tour the buses had USB charging slots and wifi. There…
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Jul 28
Into Ice and Lava Tour – Iceland
Here are pictures from the Into Ice and Lava tour with Reykjavik Sightseeing: This was by far my favorite tour in Iceland. Going into a glacier! And into a Lava Tube! The guides at the Glacier and at the Lava Tube were extremely informative I highly recommend both activities in Iceland. Reykjavic Sightseeing uses GPS driven…
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Jul 25
Golden Circle and Secret Lagoon Tour – Iceland
Pictures from the Golden Circle + Secret Lagoon tour with Bustravel Iceland: Both our guides were great and Icelandic landscape is like nothing else. We chose this tour as opposed to others because it took us to Secret Lagoon first, making it a less crowded time to be there. Stay tuned for photos from our other…
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