After leaving Germany I headed to Prague for a few days.

I made a video about my time there.

My second stop in Germany was the region of Thuringia. Nicole knew a family who lived there so we stayed with them for three nights.

Our wonderful hosts Kersten, Julia, Maria, and Enrico drove us around to castles and festivals and forests and fed us delicious home-cooked meals. It was a nice break from the cities and Airbnb’s, and the hospitality was much appreciated!

This trip was part of my year off travels.

I have a video from this part of the trip as well.

Stop three on my year off travels was Copenhagen, Denmark!

I also made a video of this part of the trip.

Stop two on my year off travels was Stockholm, Sweden! I was here for three nights and had a lovely (and pricy) time.

I also made a video of this part of the trip.

Our last two days in Iceland were spent in and around Reykjavik. First was Gulfoss Falls, Hallgrímskirkja, and Rainbow Road (which was painted for the Pride parade). On our final day in Iceland we dropped off Merjen at Blue Lagoon and explored around Grindavik.

I put together a video of these couple of days: Last Day in Iceland. Next Stop: Sweden.

Day three in Iceland took us east from Vik out to Diamond Beach at Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. The Sun made a showing while we were out there but quickly retreated as we drove back west to Selfoss, stopping at Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon.

I put together a video of this part of the trip: Diamond Beach and Glacier Lagoon.

The first stop on my year off travels was Iceland! These pictures are from the first two days.

On day one we drove from Reykjavík to Thingvellir National Park, then to Geysir and finally Hella for the night. Day two was particularly busy with stops at Seljalandsfoss, Seljavallalaug Swimming Pool, Skógafoss, Sólheimajökull Glacier, Kirkjufjara beach, and Reynisfjara Beach aka Black Sand Beach.

I also put together some videos of this part of the trip: Day One and Waterfalls and Beaches and Glaciers.

I went to Japan with some friends in late July 2017. We were there for 12 days and visited Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, and Osaka.

I made videos about this trip, which are up on my YouTube channel.