Day 9 – A Helicopter Ride and Cats
Today started with a walk down to the sun voyager sculpture, it was around 9am and still dark, the sun doesn’t rise until a bit after 10 here. We got some nice photos even though…
Day 8 – Some Learnings from Iceland …
The following are a few of things we have learned about Iceland and its people. The people of Iceland do not discriminate on the basis of appearance, race, colour or creed. This is something they…
Day 8 – Back to Reykjavík
Today we woke in our bubble which was a bit of a surreal experience. We had breakfast at a bakery before the half hour or so drive back into Reykjavík where we said goodbye to…
Day 7 – Golden Circle & Northern Lights
We woke up in Iceland today, that’s sounds so cool. I’ve wanted to come here for quite some time and it feels great to finally be in this part of the world, I feel very grateful…
Day 6 – Reykjavík, Iceland
We woke again to rain on the roof but by the time we left the B&B the skies were clear and the sun was out. I took the opportunity while waiting for our flight to…
Rene Descartes – A French philosopher who lived in Amsterdam
Well yesterday I blogged about Baruch Spinoza but today I want to say a few things about the philosopher Rene Descartes, another philosopher I have learned more about recently and am inspired by. Descartes was…
Day 5 – A History Lesson and Sore Feet
We woke today to the sound of rain on the roof but thankfully by the time we set out this morning it had pretty much cleared and held off for most of the day with…
Baruch Spinoza – a Dutch Philosopher
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.” Baruch Spinoza Today we visited the statue of Baruch Spinoza, a Dutch philosopher whom I have been…
Day 4 – Sinterklaas Parade
Do you ever have days where you just feel so grateful to be alive? Well I had one of those today, more about this later in the blog, We took advantage of another early start…
Day 3 – A trip to Hoogkarspel
One of our absolute favourite things to do in a city, especially Amsterdam, is get out very early and wander the streets. That way we have the place pretty much to ourselves apart from the…