Susanna and I heard some good things about Ireland and we decided to visit in April 2017. We chose this time of year mainly to avoid the high tourist season of the summer months. Susanna did most of the research and planned the routes for the trip. Our route was to travel counter clockwise by first spending a bit of time in Dublin then hop on a train to the west coast and explore Galway as well as the surrounding areas for a couple of days. From there we would take a bus

Why Iceland? My wife and I talked about taking a vacation in the second half of 2016 and we decided Iceland would be a fantastic place to visit as we are both active, love the outdoors and, based on the images we saw on the web, knew the photography opportunities would be amazing. Additionally, our other requirements were straightforward; to see as much of the country as we could at our own pace at a price we could afford. That cost factor is always a spoiler isn't it? Oh,