Booked: No Frills to the Nordics & North Africa

Hello from Reykjavik Tórshavn Copenhagen!

I’ve spent the past few weeks traipsing around a few Nordic countries and territories, which was my first time venturing to this part of the world.

Now, the rest of my trip has taken shape a little more, and I wanted to share a few more details around the next phase of this trip in North Africa.

You’ll find the rest of this article as it was originally written in mid-July, and then a follow-up section towards the end, prior to the conclusion.

The Trip

After immersing ourselves in the timeless cultural institution that is the Calgary Stampede (i.e., having a few drinks too many in the Cowboys tent), my partner Jessy and I then flew from Calgary to Reykjavik, Iceland by way of a layover in Toronto.

We’ll be spending one week in Iceland exploring the great outdoors, between the major attractions for a first-time visitor and a few off-the-beaten-path sights and sounds as well.

While this will be my first time visiting Iceland (indeed, my first time in any of the Nordic countries), Jessy had previously visited the island in 2017, so she’ll be bearing the responsibility of showing me around.

From Iceland, our next port of call will be a lesser-known Nordic island destination: the Faroe Islands, a self-governing territory under the rule of Denmark, situated roughly halfway between Iceland and the European continent.

Friends who have previously visited the Faroe Islands have championed it as “like Iceland before it was a major tourist destination”, and I’m looking forward to finding out what the 18 mountainous isles of this archipelago – whose sweeping cliffs and picturesque scenery look absolutely fascinating at first glance – are all about.

After three days in the Faroes, we’re catching a flight to Copenhagen – another city that Jessy has visited before, but I haven’t.

I’m excited to find out what makes this place among the “happiest in the world” and continue getting to know a bit of Scandinavia, which has been a glaring hole in my travel map thus far.

Jessy returns home at this point in the journey, but the rest of my trip remains largely unplanned for now. I’ll most likely be looking to meet up with some friends around Europe for another week or so, before heading home to enjoy some more of the summer back in Vancouver.

As usual, highlights, reviews, and videos are to come here at Prince of Travel.

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