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The natural beauty of Southern Iceland

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The day after exploring the lava cave, I decided to take a tour of southern Iceland. Alot of people were telling me how beautiful the southern part of the island was. Everybody at my hostel was over selling me on it. Was a little suspicious about it at first. Yet, looking back, it was all worth it.

Screenshot of southern iceland in google map courtesy of Hugo Morel

A tour bus picked me up from my hostel in Reykjavík. And the two and a half hour long ride started. After a butt-numbing sit down, we got to the southern part of iceland. Our first stop was seeing an ice glacier. Like a kid about to go to the candy store, I was eagered to see this Arctic beauty.

Landscape of southern Iceland photo courtesy of Hugo Morel

When we got there, I was in complete awe. I never seen…

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Governors Island National Monument: Soissons Landing and Castle Williams

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Governors Island has over 200 years of history as a military outpost. It began as a colonial militia base in 1755 and defended the harbor entrance to New York City during The War of 1812. During the Civil War, Confederate prisoners were held here. In peacetime, it was a training ground and administrative base for first the US Army and then the Coast Guard.

I visited the island with a local community school with Mario as our tour guide. We boarded the ferry at the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan and disembarked eight minutes later at Soissons Landing.

Soissons Landing was named after a town in France that was the site…

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Crater Lake National Park: Happy 117th birthday! — National Parks USA

Welcome back to National Parks & other public lands with T! If you are seeing this on Twitter or Facebook, please visit the blog to see all of the photos and read the story by clicking the link. One hundred seventeen years ago, on May 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the bill establishing Crater […] … Continue reading Crater Lake National Park: Happy 117th birthday! — National Parks USA

8 Lesser-Known European Cities To Visit This Summer — Society19

Europe has always been considered a prime vacation destination and many of the (well-known) European cities are engulfed year round with tourists from all around the globe. However, so many beautiful and equally fascinating countries are often overlooked, dismissed or entirely unknown! To help you discover some of these hidden gems, here are 8 lesser-known… via … Continue reading 8 Lesser-Known European Cities To Visit This Summer — Society19