Full Circle

Five months ago we flew to Rome from Utah. We had a summer of trying new places and experiences and revisiting old favorites and now we’re back where we started. Since we get the question a lot, I thought I would share some of our favorites from our travels in Europe this year.

• We really enjoyed hiking in all kinds of beautiful places. The Swiss Alps, the Spanish Pyrenees, Camino de Santiago, Ireland, Norway, Montenegro. Hiking is always challenging, inspiring. and invigorating.
• New places that we loved: Scandinavian capital cities (especially Stockholm, Talinn, and Helsinki), Norwegian Fjords, Western Ireland, Basque Country and Northern Spain, Sicily, Istanbul, the Lake District, English towns (York, Chester, Hastings, Stratford upon Avon)
• Old places that were a joy to revisit: Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland, Italy, London, Edinburgh, Madrid
• Experiences that were highlights: Spending time with family (Romania & Switzerland, West Virginia, & Missouri), Cruising, Hiking, attending live performances (West End and Fringe shows were our favorites), finding random places for Nathan to practice the piano
• Things and places that we expected to love, but weren’t quite as good as anticipated: Greece, certain concerts, Iceland, Copenhagen
• Interesting Historical places: Athens, Santiago de Compostela, Mt. Etna, Cueva El Pendo, Belfast and Derry, all of Ireland, Hadrian’s Wall

This week, we had a lot of fun spending a few extra days with our grandsons, Teddy, Peter, and Arthur and their mom and dad before we flew to Utah. We will be here in Centerville for a few weeks and then we have a chill October planned in the mountains. The pace is definitely different, but we are happy to have a bit more of a reliable routine for awhile. We are still nomads for another few months, so if you aren’t bored with our travels yet, I will still be posting about our activities and our travels when we take flight again. Enjoy your week!