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Escaping the Monotony We are Karl and Caroline - parents to five kids. Choosing to embrace adventure and experience, and escape the monotony.

04/08/2023

Sunset in Icmeler 02/08/23.

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12/07/2023

Sunset at the forth road bridge, taken by North Queensferry lighthouse. A perfect evening watching the sun go down after exploring Edinburgh for the day.

13/05/2023

Lycian rock tombs
Dalyan, Turkey

We spent one of our days in Turkey on a river boat, travelling to a number of tourist destinations, including to a mud bath and Turtle Beach. As we turned a bend in the river on our journey, we were met with this fascinating sight.

These rock-hewn tombs were designed to honour and protect the souls of the deceased Lycian people, who played a crucial role in their descendents' lives, allowing ancestors to maintain status in the afterlife. The elaborate nature of the tombs is a reflection of the importance of the individual buried within. The honoured dead were burning into cliffsides to give them a higher location and make them closer to heaven.

04/05/2023

Icmeler at night 🇹🇷

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28/03/2023

Our last night in Iceland and we were blessed with a display from the aurora borealis. Completed a perfect trip.

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20/03/2023

Icelandic Horses

On our golden circle tour we stopped off at a farm between and the to see some Icelandic Horses up close.

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19/03/2023

Wow!! Such a small milestone to many, but one that we are proud of.. Thank you to everyone that has followed us, old and new, love to you all 🙏

We said that when we hit 500 that we would introduce ourselves, so here we are...

Karl and Caroline - soulmates, who found each other a little later in life, on a mission to escape Groundhog Day and see the world.

While I work as a rubber worker for a well-known, French tyre company (guesses in the comments 🤣), Caroline is a never-off-duty Year 6 teacher: sometimes I swear she loves that class more than me! Finding time to travel is hard (and expensive in school holidays!) What makes it even more tricky is the mass of children we are lucky to call our own - all 5 of the beauties.

We don't have a plan when it comes to the thing we love to do most; travel. We take the chances we can, when we can. Because, why not? We've both learnt the hard way that life is for living (but we'll save that story for our next milestone 😊).

Starting with our very first trip abroad in 2019 to Prague (where we soon found out Caroline is terrified of plunging to her death in an aeroplane crash ✈️), we've never looked back. We've ventured as far north as Iceland and south to Egypt but our journey is far from over. Bring on the next adventure! 15 days and counting ❤️

#500

19/03/2023

Skógafoss 🇮🇸

Skógafoss is one of Iceland’s biggest and most beautiful waterfalls with an astounding width of 25 meters (82 feet) and a drop of 60 meters (197 feet).

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18/03/2023

Sólheimajökull Glacier 🇮🇸

Solheimajokull glacier is one of the two largest glaciers closest to Reykjavik, Iceland. Solheimajokull sits along Iceland’s south coast between two active volcanoes, Katla and Eyjafjallajokull.

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17/03/2023

Reynisfjara Beach 🇮🇸

Reynisfjara is a world-famous black-sand beach found on the South Coast of Iceland, just beside Vik í Myrdal, which is the southernmost village on the mainland of Iceland.

Known as one of the most dangerous places in Iceland, the powerful ocean currents can drag you in towards where the ocean floor deepens rapidly. I might have let out a little scream or too when Karl got far too close to those mighty waves! 😅😅

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16/03/2023

14/03/2023

Urridafoss waterfall 🇮🇸

Urridafoss waterfall has one of the biggest wild salmon stock in Iceland. More water flows over the Urridafoss waterfalls in the Thjorsa river than any other Icelandic waterall. Thjorsa river is majestic and is the longest river in Iceland or about 230 km from source to sea.

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13/03/2023

REYNISFJARA BLACK SAND BEACH VIEWPOINT

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11/03/2023

Reynisfjara viewpoint at sunset

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10/03/2023

Skógafoss 🇮🇸

Skógafoss is one of Iceland’s biggest and most beautiful waterfalls with an astounding width of 25 meters (82 feet) and a drop of 60 meters (197 feet).

Unfortunately we were unable to walk behind due to the ice making it unsafe.

My amateur mistake of leaving our nd filter on the bus meant the long exposure has unfortunately blown the highlights in the waterfall.

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05/03/2023

Kerið crater 🇮🇸

Kerið is a volcanic crater lake in the Grímsnes area of South Iceland. It is close to the three major sites that comprise Iceland’s world-famous Golden Circle sightseeing route.

04/03/2023

Aurora borealis on a rather windy and cloud covered evening near the recycled house in Reykjavik.

📷 Canon M50 mark ii

26/02/2023

Harpa Concert Hall - Reykjavik

Opened in 2011 Harpa is one of Reykjavik's most striking landmarks. It is the culture and social centre for the city.

Home to the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic Opera and Reykjavík Big Band, which hold regular concerts throughout the year.

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