Mike and Sandy Living New Experiences

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  • Exploring Jordan: Madaba and Wadi Rum (with a touch of Aqaba)

    Mike

    Reading Time: 12 minutesWith our time in Amman complete, we left the city on Saturday morning and headed south. Our first stop is Madaba, which is best known for the Madaba Mosaic and also it is located very close to Mount Nebo. It was a short drive from Amman – roughly an hour – so… Read more

  • Amman and Its Surroundings, Part Two of Two

    Mike

    Reading Time: 5 minutesAs if week number one wasn’t amazing enough, week number two was even better because it included one of our best experiences since the journey began. That experience will get its own journal entry that is linked a little later in this entry. Sunday morning’s sleep was interrupted by the fire alarm… Read more

  • Amman and Its Surroundings, Part One of Two

    Mike

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    Reading Time: 10 minutesOur first week in Jordan has been all about getting ourselves oriented in our new home area, seeing sights around Amman, and getting out for a couple of day trips in the surrounding area. It’s been quite an adjustment coming from Greenland and getting used to the heat again. Not wearing our… Read more

  • From the Icebergs of Greenland to the Desert of Jordan

    Mike

    Reading Time: 9 minutesThey say that you need to be ready for anything when it comes to traveling in Greenland because the weather is in control and our short time here has proven that point. We had our one-day delay getting up to Ilulissat and getting out of Ilulissat was more difficult than we planned.… Read more

  • Ilulissat – The Iceberg Capital of the World

    Mike

    Reading Time: 13 minutesWe have made it to our other destination in Greenland – the town of Ilulissat and it is the farthest north we have ever been. We are roughly 220 miles north of the Arctic Circle and still on the west coast of Greenland. It is chilly here – our temperatures have mainly… Read more

  • Welcome to Nuuk, Greenland

    Mike

    Reading Time: 12 minutesMonday, the 4th of August was moving day. We were able to get a later checkout from our tiny apartment and then we waited at the bus stop for an hour-and-a-half for bus 55 to come along and drop us off at the airport. We got ourselves checked in and bags dropped… Read more

  • The Last of Our Days in Iceland

    Mike

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis journal entry wraps up our last few days in Iceland and then we’ll post the overall observations we’ve made of the country. It was so nice to be back in the apartment we like so much in Reykjavik. Wednesday, I did my now-familiar process of returning or picking up the rental… Read more

  • Using Akureyri as a Base to Explore the North

    Mike

    Reading Time: 11 minutesThis journal entry is packed with activity. We spent the last eight days enjoying many of northern Iceland’s gems and using Akureyri as our base. Akureyri is Iceland’s second largest city with a population around 20,000. We really enjoyed our time in Akureyri. It’s surrounded by natural beauty, offers plenty of good… Read more

  • One Of Our Favorite Sightseeing Days We Have Ever Had

    Mike

    Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen we left the Westman Islands, our route took us across the rest of the south coast and then up the east coast, eventually to Akureyri in the northeast. Due to lodging availability, we needed to make the trip faster than we typically travel, which means that Sunday included a lot of… Read more

  • The Westman Islands – A Most Worthwhile Stop

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesTime to leave the Njal’s Saga central area and move slightly further east but decidedly south. There is a group of 15 islands that sits off the south coast called Westman Islands. Only one of the islands is settled (by humans – they are probably all settled by birds) and the citizens… Read more