Tag Archives: travel
Back in Time, The Outback, 2003
I’ve been marking the ten-year anniversary of my sojourn in Australia and South East Asia this spring and I’d like to share a few more memories and photos from Oz. When last I updated you, I had completed a trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, Australia, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta Track, Outback, travel
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Back in Time: Australia, 2003
Just over ten years ago, I sent out this email to friends and family: Friends, Yet again I am writing to announce my departure from the stable and familiar in favor of the exciting and unknown. I am leaving NPR … Continue reading
The Jungle
It feels like the world grew in around Vermont while I was gone. The weeds and vines and tall grasses have taken over, crowding the paths and surrounding my house. Two weeks away and I hardly recognize my own neighborhood. … Continue reading
Traveling With Technology
I guess the price I had to pay for amazing weather for two whole weeks in Iceland was major thunderstorms on the eastern seaboard bookending the trip. I’m sitting on the plane at Logan Airport, which was not on our … Continue reading
Bathing in the Blue
Left Akureyri on a morning flight. I just had time to get one last latte at my favorite sunny cafe up in the hill before taking off for the airport. It felt just as striking this time as my first … Continue reading
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Tagged blue lagoon, geothermal, Iceland, relaxation, Reykjavik, spa, travel
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Disaster! Averted!
That is what sheer and utter relief looks like. I’d show you what it looks like when you realize you are a complete and total moron, but I can’t, because that was also the moment when I realized I had … Continue reading
The Peninsula Revealed
I just went to grab my tooth brush out of my pack and smelled something awful and fishy inside. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what it might be until I realized with horror that it’s the … Continue reading
Eating Shark and Going Berserk in West Iceland
I did it. I tried the delicacy known as hakarl: fermented shark meat. I visited a farm that makes it. The family has been doing this since the 1800s and still does. But they’ve also found a way to attract … Continue reading
Majestic Vistas and Beautiful Bird Cliffs
(Note: I wrote this last night but the wifi connection I was using kicked me off just before I could send it. Now I’m on a three hour ferry with a wifi hotspot! So I’m posting it a day late.) … Continue reading
Puffin Preview
I couldn’t resist posting a puffin photo before dinner (which will probably not be puffin stew)! I went to the bird cliffs at Latrabjarg today and got up close and personal with the friendly birds.
