Month: August 2016

  • The Time I Cried on a Glacier

    The Time I Cried on a Glacier

    We were about 45 minutes into our glacier hike on the Falljökull glacier tongue in Iceland’s Skaftafell National Park, when I felt the panic rise up in my throat & my eyes filled with tears. I’m not really sure what happened, all I know is that after we stopped to put on our crampons, I looked back…

  • How to Find Iceland’s Famous Plane Crash

    How to Find Iceland’s Famous Plane Crash

    If you’re researching a trip to Iceland, you’ve undoubtedly come across photos of this abandoned U.S. Navy DC-3, which crashed along a black sand beach outside of Vik in the 1970s. Everyone survived, but instead of hauling the aircraft away, the military decided to strip it of its critical components & leave the aircraft to the elements.…

  • 48 Hours in Annapolis

    48 Hours in Annapolis

    48 hours is the perfect amount of time to explore Maryland’s waterfront capital city. After visiting recently on the hottest weekend of the year, here is everything you need to know about where to stay, what to eat & what to do. #protip: spend as much time on the water as possible! Day 1: Arrive,…

  • Hotel Review: Annapolis Waterfront Hotel

    Hotel Review: Annapolis Waterfront Hotel

    While I’m always willing to hop on a plane & fly to Europe at a moments notice, yet for some reason I have a mental block on visiting places right in my own backyard. I’ve lived in the Washington, DC-area for over a decade, & yet never spent any time in nearby (read: 40 mins…