Small handling error
Sorry if you received an email today announcing the publication of a new article. This is my handling error. The rest of the story is coming soon. 😉
Summer trip 2021, start in France and Italy
Both Emile and I were eager to hit the road after two years without traveling in VivaLaVida. However, while we planned to leave on a Monday, trying to crank VivaLaVida the previous Thursday, no way to start it! I do the diagnostics and identify that it was the injection pressureRead More…
Long mechanical stop finally resolved…
It has been more than two years since I published anything here: VivaLaVida was at a standstill awaiting a solution to a mechanical issue hampering the hot start. It was only at the end of last year that I was able to organize myself to carry out this work.Read More…
East fjords and end of the trip…
We are Tuesday, the ferry leaves tomorrow, so I have to end the route to the East. 1. A farm and its small church in the plain. 2. These plains are actually alluvial deltas (gravel bars) down the mountains that form the eastern fjords.Read More…
South-East coast
The ferry is waiting for VivaLaVida in two days and I still have several hundred miles to get to Seydisfjordur, so it’s time for me to move on. Without forgetting to stop at some new spots. 1. Same place same hour three weeks later and same rainbow…Read More…
F210 – F232
Before continuing the journey, it is time to wish you all Happy New Year 2019! full of new informative and rewarding adventures, beautiful encounters, unexpected discoveries. A special thought to a close friend who has been battling a serious cancer for many months without being able to overcome itRead More…
Mýrdalsjökull – F261 / F210
As previously announced, to go back to East, VivaLaVida left the pavement to discover the back of the Mýrdalsjökul ice cap . 1. “Gravel Bar”. 2. The sky is clogging as I move away from the coast. 3. Backlight… Read More…
Merry Christmas!
Before the rest of the previous article, here are some Isabelle’s pictures, memories of the journey with my little family… 1. Emile and his mom well wrapped up. 2. A beautiful hot spring… 3. … in which we had a good timeRead More…
“Golden Circle” and South Reykjaness
Thursday, September 13th, the last day of my family’s trip before flying back home, leaving me alone to bring VivaLaVida back to Switzerland. We leave to visit some spots of the Golden Circle, not far from Reykjavik. 1. Stop at Þingvellir, historic site of the firstRead More…
Snæfellsness
While there are only four days left before Isabelle and Emile go back, VivaLaVida hits the road to the touristic Snæfellsness peninsula and its various natural attractions. 1. Lava flows in the ocean. 2. Recent volcanic geology… 3. … interspersed withRead More…
D5 Creation