Greetings friends! I had intended to post long before now, but stuff happened. Holiday stuff, family stuff, Covid stuff- at one point over the holidays the covidians outnumbered the caretakers 3-2. It was not the holiday any of us wished for, but I am grateful those stricken are recovering and that we have five bedrooms…
Author: Explorer Barb
An avid traveler, cook and explorer of various interests. A consultant specializing in strategic and operational planning for not for profits.
Mis-Adventures in travel
Travel opens us up to new experiences, sometimes to those you neither expect nor desire. That’s the roll of the dice. No matter how carefully planned the itinerary or how many contingency plans are in place, stuff happens. It rains on Derby day, the tour guide comes down with the scourge of the moment, the…
Back below the artic circle
Greenland’s fjords were so spectacular it was sad to leave. Now that’s a sentence I never thought I would write. But we had to get back to civilization eventually, if nothing else before the sea ice closes in. And while Iceland may not have massive mountains and icebergs, it has plenty of its own kind…
Greenland is Icy
And that is about all I could have told you about Greenland before we made our way in that direction. Home to 56,000 people and technically a self-governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland is world’s largest island that is not a continent. Viking Erik the Red put the “Green” in the name as…
Iceland is Green and Greenland is Icy
We arrived in Iceland in late August to partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 50’s after a not too terrible United flight from Newark to Reykjavik. There is currently no such thing as a direct flight from Philadelphia International so driving the extra hour and a half seemed logical versus options like connecting in…
Expedition Cruising
Yes, friends, it has been awhile. Transitioning back to Pennsylvania and then a marvelous, wonderful spectacular trip. Too bad one of the souvenirs I brought home was Covid, but at least I caught it doing something fun. But enough of that. Expedition (or adventure) Travel is not a new thing. It has been around since…
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