[2014] Papa Francis - The Vatican, Italy

The church never turns you away. Although the St. Peter's Basilica states that you need a ticket to attend mass as a visitor. You can also just show up and go to Mass. Local church members don't need these tickets and guards also don't check them. We are so happy we showed up for Maundy Tuesday to ask the Swiss guards.

[2014] Iceland

A few random things we did in Iceland:
1. Skógafoss

2. Plane in the middle of no-where. Absolutely beautiful and eerie at the same time. We tried to go there at night and started to get nervous because we couldn't see anything with our crappy headlights. We ended up turning around and went back in the morning. We met two dudes from Basel the next morning at the aircraft and they told us that they got stuck in the beach sand the night before and couldn't see outside because the black sand was creating a black cloud. Soooo glad we turned around when we did. 

3. We traveled by a camper van across the country and it was the best decision. You can park your car anywhere and just sleep. We took some food and were able to stop for lunch anywhere too. Really, really convenient. 

4. Beautiful scenery.

[2014] Gstaad, Switzerland

[2014] Jökulsárlón-Glacier lagoon, Iceland

The one thing that I really wanted to see in Iceland was icebergs, I have no idea why, but it was a must for me. So we drove many hours in the first two days to make sure we got there right at the beginning of our trip. It was a beautiful drive and we were lucky with the weather. It was overcast and misty at times, but because we'd dressed appropriately it didn't bother us too much.

[2014] Reyjkjavik

Just a few shots from our time in this beautiful city.

[2014] Geysir + Strokkur, Iceland

We arrived to the Geysir Park in the evening right after the last tour bus had left and we had the place to ourself. We watched Strokkur erupt about 5 times before we turned in. We were traveling by camper van and was parked about 200 m from the geysir for the night and therefore got to enjoy it in the morning again. This natural wonder was the coolest thing I saw in Iceland. The gurgles it makes in anticipation of its eruption and finally the eruption was so interesting we couldn't get enough of it. Each time was different, sometimes it would erupt 3 times in 5 minutes, sometimes it would take 8 minutes between each one, but every time was still exciting and shocking.

The most beautiful part is right before the surface tension of the water is broken and the beautiful aquamarine colour can be seen more exquisitely in the bubble that it forms. If we didn't have other things to see on our trip we would have stayed longer.

The view from our parking spot.