Singapore stopover
By Victoria
/ September 3, 2025
Despite transiting many times and visiting for work purposes, we had never really allocated time for leisure in Singapore and given that our Finnair flight from Helsinki didn't exactly align with our Malaysian flight home, we decided two nights would break the journey nicely. I had booked the Changi Airport...
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More Lofotens
By Victoria
/ September 3, 2025
Today we are headed to Nusfjord, a so called living museum. Situated just over 6 kms off the E10 via a road only built in the 1960s, this village was home to more than 1,500 fishermen in the so called 'golden age' of the early 1900s. It was a hub...
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The Lofoten Islands part 2
By Victoria
/ September 2, 2025
It is only a little over two hours drive from Svolvaer to Reine but what a drive it is! We 'island hopped' along the E10 but detoured off periodically to visit locations on my hit list, none of them disappointing except perhaps for Haukland beach. The beach itself was...
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The Lofoten Islands (part 1)
By Victoria
/ August 28, 2025
After the 'lake above the sea' in the Faroes and Studagil Canyon in Iceland, the other Insta post that had helped shape our itinerary was one of the Lofoten Islands. The Lofotens are an archipelago in the the Norwegian county of Nordland and are known for their distinctive scenery -...
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Norway – Bergen to Oslo
By Victoria
/ August 27, 2025
Departing Keflavik airport was a bit of a nightmare (allow PLENTY of time if ever you're there) but only a couple of hours later we began to see islands dotting the ocean (and a submarine!) as we neared the Norwegian coastline. Bergen is the second largest city in Norway, home...
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Iceland – the home stretch
By Victoria
/ August 15, 2025
We were on the road earlier than usual and headed for one last waterfall en route to the capital. It was a bit of a detour but we had time and this waterfall is somewhat unique compared to others we had visited. Hraunfossar ('Lava Falls' in English) is a series...
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Iceland – Snaefellsnes Peninsula
By Victoria
/ August 14, 2025
Leaving Myvatn Lake we had a 500 km drive in front of us, easily our longest day trip and the weather gods finally decided to desert us. Intermittent rain accompanied us the whole way, not a disaster as we had too far to travel to stop and sightsee anyway, the...
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But wait, there’s more .. Iceland
By Victoria
/ August 10, 2025
Most of you know that I spent many hours researching this trip and in particular, Iceland. One of the waterfalls that I came across that I was really keen to visit was Aldeyjarfoss and in fact this plan actually dictated which car we hired for Iceland. To visit Aldeyjarfoss one...
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More Iceland
By Victoria
/ August 8, 2025
Myvatn lake was created as a result of a massive basaltic eruption, and as a result is now home to incredible geological features as well as a wealth of flora and fauna. The latter is largely due to the shallow depth of the lake and the the abundance of what...
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Iceland – part 4
By Victoria
/ August 6, 2025
Leaving the glaciers behind for now, the next day saw us driving further east aiming to have lunch at spectacular Stokknes beach overlooked by the dramatically beautiful Vestrahorn. Photographers consult tide times, weather charts and wind speed in order to be here for the perfect reflective shot but somehow with...
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Iceland – part 3
By Victoria
/ August 4, 2025
Beautiful Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is one of the most famous places to visit in Iceland. Large icebergs break off from the nearby Vatnajökull Glacier and float majestically through the lagoon before drifting out to sea. We had booked two nights accommodation near here so that we had a full day to explore...
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Iceland part 2
By Victoria
/ July 31, 2025
After a little sleep in to recover from our nocturnal waterfall expedition we were heading down the same road again toward the south coast. As we passed Seljalandsfoss an hour later we counted at least 5 tour buses in the nearly full car park and decided it was definitely worth...
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The land of fire and ice
By Victoria
/ July 27, 2025
Icelandic Air delivered us safely in a little over two hours to Keflavik International Airport to begin our next adventure. After a couple of little hiccups with the car rental we were on our way in our AWD Mitsubishi Eclipse and headed east to Selfoss for our first two nights....
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Faroe Islands part 2
By Victoria
/ July 20, 2025
We woke to persistent grey skies and a bit of drizzle but with only a day left James Bond was calling and we had no time to lose …. Our journey today would take us through an engineering marvel - the subsea Eysturoy Tunnel. This tunnel contains the world’s only...
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Faroe Islands
By Victoria
/ July 16, 2025
For anyone not sure, the Faroe Islands are an archipelago of 18 main islands (countless smaller ones) in the North Atlantic and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The terrain is rugged, dominated by fjords and cliffs with sparse vegetation and few trees and the capital Torshavn (where...
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Mountains, moors and massacres
By Victoria
/ June 29, 2025
We left Skye by way of the bridge, cheaper than a ferry (free) and heading in the right direction for us today as we headed north toward our lodging for tonight in Applecross. Our route involved traversing the eastern side of Loch Carron up to the top and then around...
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“Over the sea to Skye …”
By Victoria
/ June 28, 2025
... is a famous line from the Skye Boat Song which will be familiar to all followers of the Outlander TV series (lets face it, we're really just watching Jamie aren't we?) The Skye Boat Song version (though not the original), was composed in the 1870s and tells the story...
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More Mull
By Victoria
/ June 22, 2025
Reluctantly leaving Fionnphort the next day in decidedly drearier weather, we began the overland trip to our next lodging in the north of Mull near Tobermory. Climbing over the hills the cloud became more dense and visibility was down to 50 metres or so which made for a challenging drive...
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Scotland
By Victoria
/ June 16, 2025
The Kings Birthday saw us up early and off to the airport (thanks Zoe) to catch the first of our four flights which would ultimately deliver us to Edinburgh. Yes, it was the scenic route and it was almost 46 hours bed to bed but it saved a considerable amount...
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Douro Valley
By Victoria
/ September 14, 2024
Our afternoon train left us one last morning to explore Porto and we decided we would check out the historic Mercado do Bolhão that we had seen briefly on a tuk tuk tour a few days ago. This market was established in 1914 and occupies an entire block of the...
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