Mike and Sandy Living New Experiences

Author: Mike

  • Njal’s Saga

    Mike

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThere is a group of around 40 books that are referred to as the Icelandic Sagas. Literary critics consider them to be among the most valuable contributions to literature – right up there with Homer’s Iliad and Shakespeare’s writings. They were mainly written around the 13th century (mostly by anonymous authors) and… Read more

  • Friends Come to Visit – We Love It!!

    Mike

    Reading Time: 7 minutesOur second week of living in Reykjavik saw a huge highlight toward the end of the week, but before we get to that, let’s catch up. The week started with the weekend and we planned a little culture for both Saturday and Sunday. I was able to stay caught up with the… Read more

  • Our First Week in Reykjavik and The Surrounding Area

    Mike

    Reading Time: 12 minutesLeaving the Westfjords area last Friday, we made our way to the southern coast of the country on the far eastern part of the Reykjanes Peninsula. The breakfast buffet at Malarhorn was again excellent and then we stopped for ice cream at Erpsstadir Creamery, which is an ice cream shop right across… Read more

  • Iceland, You Are Up Next on Our Journey

    Mike

    Reading Time: 12 minutesHome again back on the road and like we said in our last entry from Chile back in early May, we are now in a very different part of the world. We’ve made our way up to the North Atlantic and what should be a beautiful and interesting experience in the country… Read more

  • Brief Summer Trip Home

    Mike

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe are wrapping up our short summer visit to the States and ready to get back to our normal life as global nomads. This Stateside visit was five weeks long and we very much enjoyed our time. Again, the highlight was the time we have been able to spend with friends… Read more

  • As Far West As We Can Go in Chile

    Mike

    Reading Time: 14 minutesLast Thursday was a travel day and we were excited because we were headed to a very unique place on the planet – Easter Island. I’ve always been intrigued by its remote location and the mystery of the Moai on the island. It was really nice to be staying right at the… Read more

  • Drawn to Vicuna Because of the Night Sky

    Mike

    Reading Time: 10 minutesFrom Vina del Mar, it was time to make our way further north on our journey through Chile. We were up early on Tuesday morning for the 15-minute walk to the bus station and our bus pulled in and then left with us on it right on time at 7:35am. The ride… Read more

  • Let’s Go to the Rodeo!

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesTraveling around Chile, you can feel the influence of the estancias – the ranches. Tied in with that is the rodeo and the rodeo is a part of life in many of the towns across the country, in particular the regions where we have been traveling. Sandy was doing some research recently… Read more

  • Enjoying Chile’s Capital – Santiago

    Mike

    Reading Time: 7 minutesFrom Puerto Varas, we moved on to Chile’s capital – Santiago. Santiago is a city of around seven million citizens, and it offers just about anything you could want. We were here seven years ago for the Depeche tour and we both remembered liking Santiago, but we didn’t have specific reasons that… Read more

  • Puerto Varas, Chile – Quite Livable

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesIn terms of places we think we could live, we usually conclude that we could live just about anywhere if we had to do so. Meaning we’d find ways to make different locales work for us. That’s not to say that everywhere we go, we find ideal. Puerto Varas comes close. We’ve… Read more