We have been traveling now for four weeks. This is when under normal circumstances our holidays would be over, and we would be heading back to work on Monday morning. Thinking about this makes it a bit more concrete exactly on how long a holiday we are. Even though I don't suppose we fully realize that even now. So, we arrived in Quebec City after a long 10+ hour rideshare drive; it had been quite a hassle to get that arranged on the last minute, so we had simply booked ourselves a night at Holiday Inn using Leo's reward points. We only left the hotel (and the pool side) to have dinner at a nearby restaurant. Even so, it became immediately apparent that Quebec was totally different from probably whole rest of North America. It was ... read more

Sitting at the Keflavik airport waiting for our flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia to depart in one hour. It feels good to leave Europe, and especially the grey and chilly weather, behind (hopefully at least). Today's forecast for Halifax was 27 degrees and sunny, and for tomorrow 24 degrees and sunny. Sounds pretty good after enduring temperatures around 10 degrees for few weeks already. It must be hard not to become depressed in climate where the peak of summer means +10-12 and grey skies. Ok, they do have the hot thermal pools to lay in for warmth, which we also did quite a few times during our time in Iceland. We spent three whole days in Reykjavik, and took it pretty easy. On the first day we rented a car to drive through the sights at ... read more

Monday was a rainy day all over Faroe Islands, so we decided to stay in Torshavn to look around the town and to rest our feet after several days of hiking. We started by taking a little walking tour around an old citadel and lighthouse, as well as Tinganes, which is the old town of Torshavn and is still home to Faroe Islands government buildings, for example office of the prime minister (which btw is located in a cute, bright red wooden house with grass roof :). After a coffee break we walked some more around the town, via a church to a shopping mall. We thought we would possibly buy a book about Canada, but couldn't find any. In the afternoon we attended a free concert at the Nordic House, which is a Nordic cultural ... read more

Arriving in Torshavn We arrived in Torshavn (capital of Faroe Islands) on Wednesday evening 3.7. after a 30 hour boat trip. The boat was a lot like Viking Line cruise boats, even if we thought beforehand it would be much smaller. The main difference to the Viking Line boats was that nobody seemed to be drinking and partying :-) We too spent most of the time sitting and reading, having an occasional coffee or meal. We are staying in the B&B accomodation of a sweet lady called Fanny. Her apartment is within few minutes walk from the harbor, as well as town center. Well, actually everything in Torshavn is within easy walking distance: when we took an evening walk to take ­a look at the city, after 10 minutes walk we reached a meadow with sheep ... read more

29.6.2013 Århus Finally we have gotten to this point; we are actually on our big trip, going to travel around the world during the next year! The last weeks before our departure on June 28th were very hectic, the last days especially. We spent almost all our time either at work, or packing the apartment into boxes. Getting everything done on time meant also that we slept rather short nights during the last days at home, so we were actually rather tired when we arrived in Århus yesterday afternoon. We selected Århus as our first stop on the trip because neither of us has seen other Danish cities besided Copenhagen before, and it is also conveniently on our way to Hirtshals where our boat towards Faroe Islands leaves on Tuesday. Since arriving in Århus we have ... read more