This visit was from late November 2019 (yes I know it’s taken me a while to write about it lol)

Today was the start of our 2 day adventure exploring the South Coast of Iceland.  It would be so great to do a full loop of Iceland and it’s compact enough to do this across 10-14 days but most people agree that if you have limited time, the biggest highlights are along the South Coast.  Hiring a car isn’t really an option for us because we don’t have experience driving in the wintery conditions that Iceland is known for and I especially didn’t want to drive in the wind conditions I’ve read so much about. Apparently you have to be careful what direction you park your car when it’s windy (which it often is) because if you don’t, your car door can literally nearly be ripped off it’s hinges.  I’ve read so many horror stories involving inexperienced drivers so the decision for us was easy – take a tour!

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Visit from late November 2019 (yes I know it’s taken me a while to write about it lol)

Today is a GAHTDAMN exciting day!!!!  We are finally heading to Iceland   – we settled on going here in such a roundabout way.  I wanted to do something a little out of the ordinary for The Kelly’s on this trip.  I was first thinking about going to Jungfraujoch which is essentially the “top of Europe”.  It would’ve been a complicated 4 day journey getting to and from Switzerland, travelling to the top, and all with our fingers crossed that once we reached the peak that the weather wasn’t awful with zero visibility etc.  Total worth it if the weather behaved but man would the Sweet Prince of Canberra have been upset to go to all of that effort and literally not be able to see anything.

(From our trip in November 2019)

Our Day Trip to Bruges

Well I knew Bruges was going to be a pretty place but I had no idea I would fall in love with her immediately, drop to one knee and ask her to marry me..  Yes…..Bruges is just that beautiful you can’t help but want to stay with her forever and not share her with anyone else.   And before you say something like “you can’t marry a town Lisa”, you can marry bridges and trees and other things like that so why not a whole town hey.  If you think I’ve gone mad well that happened years ago I haven’t because it’s a real thing, google it, crazy people marry inanimate objects all the time.  Anyway, I’m jumping ahead, back to the beginning…..

(From our trip in November 2019)

We woke up early but since we didn’t need to rush out the door today we moved into go slow mode and it felt great.  We have certainly been busy since we started this trip so it was delicious to ease into the day.

Once we were ready we headed to Grand Place for our Walking Tour.  You know I was having major “non excitement” about Brussels so far if you read yesterdays update.  I was hoping today’s tour was going to show me the wonders that Brussels had to offer and win me over.  Hopes are of course for losers because mine were soon dashed.