Paris and the Mediterrean

Travels have been absolutely fabulous... except for the fact that decent internet that doesn't cost $1/minute is no where to be found. Currently I'm in an internet cafe in Katakolon, Greece (a town not too far from Olympia, Greece - sight of the ancient Olympics. I have to make this post fairly brief as Brent doesn't like it when I spend too much time on the computer and ignore him ha!

Paris was awesome. The food being the best part. Baguettes, cheese, wine, crepes - absolute heaven. The sights were pretty cool too. Eiffel Tower and the Musee d'Orsay being my favorites.

We're been visiting the Meditterean countries the past week and a half: Italy, Croatia, Greece and Turkey. Istanbul was my favorite city, although very busy. Mykonos, Greece, a small island, was my favorite slower-paced place. We visited a beach called Super Paradise. :-) Today we went to Olympia and I loved it, even though our time there was minimal. We raced on the stadium track and checked out the Temple of Zeus.

I'm working on uploading pictures, but it takes FOREVER.

Iceland

Yikes, it's been so long since I've messaged. Part of the reason was due to the fact we were "stealing" slow internet at Granny's and it was too much of a hassle to try to get things accomplished online.

Iceland was unlike any other country we've been to - glaciers, geothermal spas, geysirs, waterfalls, volcanoes, stretches of volcanic rock that make you feel like you're on the moon - the place was really neat.

The people there were tall... I think I was below average height. Everyone was blond blue eyed, despite having 50% Celtic genes. Apparently, the Norweigan Vikings stopped off in Ireland for brides on their way to Iceland.

Here are some pictures from Iceland: http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=839008185905%3A1842509038&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee

We are just finishing up our trip in Ireland were we went to my cousin Eoin's wedding and got to see lots of relatives. The weather was uncharacteristically warm and sunny for Dublin. Hopefully I'll have those pictures up soon... we'll see.

In Iceland

Wooo HOoo we´re in Iceland. We arrived into Reykjavik a little later than expected as we had to land at Reykjavik´s domestic airport due to fog at Keflavik. We didn´t get to the hotel until noon (where we probably would´ve arrived close to 8am).

I am so excited to explore Iceland. The people here look like an amalgam between Norweigan and Irish (more so Norweigan I suppose)... perfect for Brent and me. We took a short boat ride to look at some puffins... I thought they were going to be a lot bigger and cooler, but, hey, the boat ride was nice. We then explored the city by walking and ended up at a museum. The museum had this great audio tour with wax structures (I seriously thought they were real until Brent convinced me they weren´t). The tour chronicled Iceland´s history from about 800 - 1500. Turns out many of the Icelandic women are of Celtic descent where men are of Norweigan.... go figure.

Must get to eating now. Very hungry. Not sure we´ll be as adventurous about trying local cuisine as we were in Peru. Petrified shark, no thanks.

Peru Pictures

Hi Everyone -

After an absolutely incredible experience in Peru, we're in Boston shortly to visit my new niece, Ariana! She is the most adorable girl I've ever seen.

Peru was awesome. We spent two nights in Lima, two nights in Cusco, one night in Aguas Calientes (town that people stay at to get to Machu Picchu), another night in Cusco and one final night in Lima. I will hopefully have time to write more later, but here are some pictures (which I hope to also have time to label while in Boston).

You have to check out Brent's post Machu Picchu meal....

Picture link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=773583335905%3A1586485778&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee