With the exception of our two night Hurtigruten Cruise we spent a huge majority of our time eating items from the local 7-11, or Norwegian equivalent Narvesen, during our two week Christmas trip to Norway.
We found all the best Norwegian Candy, and not because we love "food-like" items that never have an expiration date, but because most of...
Ever since starting our Book of the Trip tradition in Iceland, we have really enjoyed choosing a book to commemorate our travels before coming home. In Boston, our selection was made easy for us. The official children's book of the state of Massachusetts is Make Way for Ducklings, and because it has so much geographical infusion we loved this...
For me, the hardest part about packing is getting all the laundry done beforehand. The actual parking part? That's easy.
When we started traveling for weeks at a time, early on I knew I had to figure out a way to streamline the packing process. I am close to owning 10 hair brushes now because a hairbrush was the...
We started a tradition the year we went to Iceland: Buy a book in each place we visit. We started this tradition in Iceland, specifically, because we celebrated Christmas here and it is an Icelandic tradition to give or get a new book on Christmas Eve and spend the night reading it. This practice is called jólabókaflóð. We absolutely...
One of my most favorite Icelandic Christmas traditions is the exchange of books on the evening of the 24th of December. After a feast, which begins promptly at 6p, presents are opened by all. Included in the gifts is always the traditional gift of a book. The rest of the evening and the entirely of Christmas Day is spent...
