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Iceland budgeting 2019
Our Iceland June 2019 trip budget was a little wacky because we also got married in Iceland and had a group of six meet us there for ceremony, travel, and plenty of meals. Aside from all of our wedding stuff, we spent $3,140.41 for 7 full days in Iceland. Here's how I broke it down …
Borghese gallery and gardens
Whenever we travel, we look at maps for green spaces that we can walk too. Far and away, the Borghese gardens was the largest green space near us, and actually it was meant to be the most expansive gardens in Rome. Inside the galleriesThere were no lines to get inside the Borghese gallery, so we …
Castle Sant Angelo
On our first day in Rome, having arrived in the morning after a layover redeye flight, we walked the neighborhood a bit to get a sense of what was around. Following the river, we eventually hit the bridge of angels leading to Castle Sant Angelo. There was no line at all, and there was room …
Getting around Rome
Literally planes, trains, and automobiles. We arrived in FCO on Thursday morning, and took a direct train to Rome Termini. Once in Rome Termini, we walked around and down until we got to the Metro station underneath the main train lines. This was very confusing to us both; even though there are only two Metro …
The Blue Lagoon
I had heard a lot of noise about visiting the Blue Lagoon: it's a tourist trap, it's ridiculously crowded, there's nothing there that you can't get at another hot spring. We had planned to do a hot spring hike earlier in our trip, but ended up canceling that in favor of trying a second time …
KEF to FCO
We left Hotel Budir at checkout and headed back to Stykkisholmur to pick up our birth certificates from the commissioner's office. We had lunch at Nesbraud in Stykkisholmur, which seemed to be a local spot and felt a little off-limits to me. The guy behind the counter did speak English to me, but looked thoroughly …
Budir wedding dinner
We had booked Budir's private dining room many months in advance, at their suggestion. I had a difficult time finding pictures of the room, even though it seems they do host a lot of parties there. So, I had some idea of what it would look like, but I wasn't positive. The room was accessible …
Iceland Superjeep
After our wedding ceremony, we had a few photos and went back to the hotel to dry off a bit. I had booked a Superjeep tour to take everyone around Snæfellsnes for some sightseeing and more photo opps. We had originally planned to have two Superjeeps for our group, but with a last minute wedding …
A rainy wedding
Peter and I both had a late night writing vows. We had been talking about them for ages, but didn't get a lot done ahead of time. I went through three drafts, and told him my overall structure for the vows, but otherwise the content of both sets was a surprise. We laid out all …
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