VivaLaVida!

A journey to meet the planet and its inhabitants...

Crossing and first steps in Iceland

  1. Here arrives the ferry that connects Denmark to Iceland, serving the Faroes.       2. Barely moored as the rear port opens to let out the arrivals before VivaLaVida embarks…       3. Honeymoon on the boarding park! 😉 I will meet the owners of thisRead More…

Faroe (IV)

  As announced, here is the latest update on the Faroes with some images of the old town of Tórshavn, the “Capital” of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous archipelago of Denmark.     1. The old town is located on a rocky outcrop, sort of peninsula in the harbor.  Read More…

Faroes (III)

  Let’s continue the journeye…     1. Arriving in Tjornuvik, another isolated village known for its black sand beach, one of the very few beaches of the Faroes. The place is famous for surfing because the bay opens on the North Atlantic and have big waves when it’s windy.Read More…

Faroes (II)

  Here is the continuation of my discovery of the Faroes. These islands are right in the Gulfstream, this warm oceanic current which gives to Scandinavia and more largly to Europe its temperate climate compared to its latitude. As a result, average temperatures vary very little between summer and winter:Read More…

Faroes (I)

  Having taken the boat from Hirtshals to Iceland, I decided to stop for three days to discover the Faroe Islands that attracted me for a long time. As I write this update from a small lost village, in the pouring rain, and don’t regret my choice. These islands areRead More…

Start…

  After a few busy days before holidays, I left Emile and Isabelle who will join me in a few days and took the road to the North. There are 1’200 miles waiting for me to reach Hirtshals, at the Northern tip of Denmark, where leave the only ferry thatRead More…

Preparations

  I had announced a future destination for VivaLaVida in the last article, it is time to unveil it: VLV will soon take the ferry to the Faroe Islands and Iceland!   It has been a long time since I wanted to go back there but it wasn’t planned forRead More…

Little problem now corrected

Sorry, a little bug has upset the layout of the last article. It is now corrected. Thank you for your understanding.

First 2018 outing

  After a snowy winter that lasted longer than the previous years, it was finally during the first weekend of June that VivaLaVida resumed service for a small outing in Ardèche (France) with the family. Here are some pictures of our boondocking…     1. First camp in a niceRead More…

Valaisan getaway (end)

  Continuation and end of our great valaisan weekend…     1. Gentle sunrise light over the summits.       2. Chapel above Vercorin.       3. Our great camp spot in golden larches…       4. View over Upper Valais.       VivaLaVida then broughtRead More…