by Calvin Sun | Jun 20, 2022 | June 2022: Svalbard, Norway, Svalbard, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
It took 3 years for us to get here, and it’s finally time to explore Longyearbyen. FYI, if you missed it from yesterday’s post when we first arrived, they DO stamp in and out your passport when arriving from Norway to Svalbard, even if...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 19, 2022 | Fail, Flying Fancy, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, June 2022: Svalbard, Lessons Learned, Norway, Svalbard, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Postponed 3 times over 3 years, we’re finally making this voyage happen. It may not be starting off pretty once we arrived, but what matters is that we’re here. Using miles for my first voyage on SAS Airlines, I spent only $70 to snag...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 6, 2022 | May 2022: Wales, Wales, You're Going to Miss It...
PRESS play and read the post with the music . . . You’re going to miss signing up what feels like way more than an entire year in advance for a trip already postponed 3 times over 3 years. But perhaps it’s the freedom of the open road...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 2, 2022 | Crisis, Fail, May 2022: Wales, Serendipitous!, Wales
Waking up in Caernarforn, we spent the morning exploring its castle, where the investiture of the Prince of Wales took place in 1911 and again in 1969 for Prince Charles. We then drove out for a detour to...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 1, 2022 | May 2022: Wales, Wales
From our rest point in Broad Haven, we set out after breakfast for a quick stop at the atmospheric 12th century grounds of St. Davids about 30 minutes north. We then took our time, 2 hours weaving along the beautiful coastline of Cardigan...
by Calvin Sun | May 31, 2022 | May 2022: Wales, Wales, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
From Brecon Breacons we drove an hour’s south to Swansea, Wales’ second city after Cardiff and birthplace to Dylan Thomas and Catherine Zeta Jones, before stopping at the atmospheric Mumbles Pier: We then continued 40 minutes across...