Author: Mike
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Welcome to Albania
Reading Time: 10 minutesBack in August we were discussing what we wanted to do as we looked forward toward the rest of the year. As much as we were enjoying our time in Iceland and then Greenland, we recognized how expensive both locations were in comparison to what we feel comfortable with from a budgeting… Read more
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Life is Good – Spending Time with Friends in Ireland
Reading Time: 7 minutesIt was a short stay at The Snug at the BH in County Kildare for our first night in Ireland, but we really liked it. Very welcoming, good breakfast options and although we arrived too late to take advantage of it, they had a pub right on site. Can’t beat that. We… Read more
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Wrapping Up Our Time in Jordan
Reading Time: 6 minutesWith Petra in our memory bank, we planned three more days in Wadi Musa mainly to take care of tasks without a lot of sightseeing or traveling. Living on the road 100% of the time means that we sometimes need to have a few days like this. Sunday was laundry day and… Read more
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Petra – One Of Our World’s Seven Wonders
Reading Time: 11 minutesPetra – one of the world’s new seven wonders. We had the opportunity to spend the last three days exploring this incredible treasure. You have three ticket options for visiting Petra – one day, two days, or three days. We have the time so we chose the three-day option. If you have… Read more
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Exploring Jordan: Madaba and Wadi Rum (with a touch of Aqaba)
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
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Amman and Its Surroundings, Part Two of Two
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
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Amman and Its Surroundings, Part One of Two
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
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From the Icebergs of Greenland to the Desert of Jordan
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
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Ilulissat – The Iceberg Capital of the World
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
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Welcome to Nuuk, Greenland
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