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How do you jam-pack as much Iceland sightseeing as possible into one day? It’s easy peasy on a summer day. Just follow these simple directio

Dear Reykjavik, It’s not you. It’s us. Your architectural beauty and culinary splendor were lost on us...

Þingvellir (pronounced Thingviller) National Park opened our whirlwind Iceland adventure with a whisper and closed it with a bomb. And when

We spent most of our days driving, getting out of the car for some life altering natural wonder, getting back in the car and driving to the

These days, we travel with so much more than a map, but it’s all accessible at the tap of a thumb or two. Here are some apps that we find im

We’re city dwellers, not necessarily city vacationers (working on this). But so much of Tenerife’s character is lodged in its coastal cities

Our affinity for mountain climbing hits a peak. If we knew one thing when we started researching Tenerife, it was that we HAD to climb Tenerife’s volcano Teide. Alex was the one to first tap into a love of hiking when she was studying abroad in Japan in 2010. She climbed Mt. Fuji and was hooked from then on. As you can see, Alex doesn’t do baby steps. So when we found out that, measured from the base, Teide is the fourth tallest volcano in the world after three Hawaiian peaks

Beach exploring in Tenerife. We didn’t bring bathing suits to Ireland - shocker. And we didn’t think far ahead enough to pack them for our j

Our hosts clued us in on a quintessential locale to get these crunchy desserts, which we decided to have for breakfast.

Four reasons why we opted for a sensible splurge on our car rental insurance during our stay in Tenerife.