Travel
Deutschland in September 2017
After Italy, we fell into a serious appreciation for Gate1 for traveling to foreign destinations for the first time. The next trip we decided to take with Gate1 was to Germany, specifically the “13 Day Classic Germany” trip. September 21, 2017 (Thursday) American Airlines flight from Chicago to Charolette, then from Charolette to Frankfurt, Germany. … [Read more…]
Italy (2016)
Day 1 Flying from Chicago to Madrid and from Madrid to Venice. After our taxi driver dropped us off at terminal 5 instead of where we should have been 3, we checked in and made an easy trip through TSA. Our first stop, the AA Admirals Club. This was our first visit to such a … [Read more…]
How to go to Iceland
“Wow! Iceland! How did you decide to go there?” said everyone I talked to leading up to our trip. I had wanted to go to Iceland since middle school. One of my social studies projects was to select a European country and to develop a travel brochure for that country. We then presented our travel … [Read more…]
Iceland, Day 7: Side Excursion to Akureyri
September 23, 2015 – Day 7 – Iceland Trip Today was our only day driving out on our own, we drove 4½ hours from Reykjavik to Akureyri. It was an absolutely gorgeous drive, so gorgeous that we had to stop a few times to take in the scenery. We checked in to out hotel for the … [Read more…]
Iceland, Day 5: Inside the Volcano
September 21, 2015 – Day 5 – Iceland Trip What an adventure day 5 was! We got to go “Inside the Volcano” — more specifically, we got to go inside Thrihnukagigur (translation: Three Peaks Crater) volcano. A bit about volcanoes in Iceland: there are over 100 volcanoes across the island, and over 30 of these are active. … [Read more…]