We made the drive to visit Hirosaki Castle, it’s supposed to be very pretty when the cherry blossoms are out, but not being fans of massive crowds we picked a less ‘touristy’ time to visit. We were happily surprised to find there is free admittance to the castle on Sundays. I’m not sure it would be worth it to pay, so it was great we went on a day it was free. Plus it was great because our families [Read more…]
When Taking The ‘Shortcut’ Isn’t Such A Good Idea!
We really enjoy taking day trips, especially in the company of friends. We drove extensively all over Iceland with our good friends and have drove quite a bit of Japan with friends. In April 2006 we decided to head up to see a few sights, and Mr. B having heard that the mountain roads were now cleared and opened, decided to take us all on a ‘shortcut’ on the way home. What resulted was literally [Read more…]
ENGLAND
Traveling to England
So you want to experience England? You can grab a good set of friends and go together like we did, or you can go it alone. Here’s some information to help you get it planned.
Getting to England
Airlines: We flew Iceland Air because we were heading from NAS Keflavik, Iceland. We took Iceland Air to Stanstead, London..the flight wasn’t too bad around 3 hours [Read more…]
ICELAND
Welcome to the Land of Fire and Ice, Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun. There are some amazing experiences to be had in Iceland.
*PLEASE NOTE* I wrote this to help other military
families moving to Iceland but since that time the base has been closed and no more military families will be living there. I am so THANKFUL for our experience and time there and wanted to share the information of what [Read more…]