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Faroe Islands 2024: Day 6, Elduvík, Funningur, Saksun

Faroe Islands 2024: Day 6, Elduvík, Funningur, Saksun

For our last full day in the islands we decided to visit several places we hadn’t made it to yet, starting with Elduvík. A lovely village with 12(!?) full time residents and a gorge that was noted for jellyfish. While we didn’t see any sea creatures, a cormorant was...

Faroe Islands 2024: Day 5, Bordoy and Vidoy islands, Fuglafjørður

Faroe Islands 2024: Day 5, Bordoy and Vidoy islands, Fuglafjørður

On day five we headed east through the paid Norðoyatunnilin (and several other tunnels) to explore Bordoy and Vidoy islands. Our first stop after exiting the undersea tunnel was the Vidareidi viewpoint of Fugloy and Svinoy islands. We continued into Viðareiði, parking...

Faroe Islands 2024: Day 4, Tórshavn and Kirkjubøur

Faroe Islands 2024: Day 4, Tórshavn and Kirkjubøur

Weather to the north was supposed to be cloudier, so we decided to explore south this day. Our first stop was the waterfall in Hósvík. We tried to find a place to park in town but had no luck, so Eric took a quick shot from a bridge as I idled the car. The waterfall...

Faroe Islands 2024: trip overview and flights

Faroe Islands 2024: trip overview and flights

"And where is that?" was probably the most common response people had when we told them we were going to the Faroe Islands. Located about halfway between Iceland and Scotland, Eric has been interested in the Faroes since the mid-2010s, when he first saw photos of some...

Long Island Summer 2024: wineries + breweries

Long Island Summer 2024: wineries + breweries

Lenz Winery We've been members for years, and we love visiting in the summer in the shaded courtyard. Service was great as always across our four visits! On our first visit with our friend Leah, we sat outside in the courtyard. Eric and I got some samples of the reds...

Long Island Summer 2024: food + restaurants

Long Island Summer 2024: food + restaurants

As usual, we tried out some new-to-us spots while returning to old favorites for things like pizza and bagels. Watershed Kitchen + Bar We ate outside on the back patio as it was a pleasant temperature. Eric got two appetizers for his meal, the pan-fried Brussel...

Our Itinerary

2024 Trips

San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
Grand Rapids, MI (Nov)
London, UK (Dec)
Manchester, UK (Dec)

2022 Trips

Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)

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Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)

Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).

We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.

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Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)