Global Tours with Robert Byrd

06/07/2024

06/07/2024

Christmas in Europe is a magical time. We will be heading over the day after Thanksgiving this year to experience Christmas in Germany and Austria, as well as in the enchanting cities of Prague and Bratislava. We return home on December 10. I have space for a few more people. If interested message me here or email me at “[email protected]”.

02/06/2024

Today we visited the Skogafoss waterfall and The Skogar Museum, which is a heritage museum dedicated to life in Iceland. It was very interesting and informative. We then stopped near Eyjafjallajökull volcano/glacier, which when it last erupted in 2010, shut down air travel between North America and Europe for over a week. We are now on our way to Reykjavik for the last two days of our trip.

01/06/2024

Today we explored the glaciers in Vatnajokull National Park in Eastern Iceland, including an amphibious boat ride in Jökulsarlon Glaciar Lagoon. It was yet another amazing day!

31/05/2024

We have had another amazing day here in Iceland. Our first visit was to yet another waterfall, Seljalandsfoss. We then had some free time in the town of Vik, to brave the wind to see their black sand beaches, grab some lunch and do some shopping. We then visited Kirkjugolfia, a group of hexagonal basalt columns which rise out of the ground and look like a tile floor, then checked out another waterfall, Stjornarfoss, before continuing to what has been my favorite visit thus far, Fjaõrárgljufur. This is a huge valley carved by a river through lava fields, with incredible geological features. We hiked about a mile along the ridge overlooking the gorge. It is spectacular!

30/05/2024

Today we continued touring the “Golden Circle” with visits to: Geyser geothermal area, with multiple geysers and various hot springs; then on to Faxafoss, yet another beautiful waterfall; Friðheimar farm, where we toured their tomato greenhouses, ate tomato soup for lunch and watched an Icelandic horse riding demonstration; and, finally we visited Skálholt Cathedral, a modern building constructed as the most recent in a line of churches erected on this site dating back to 1056. It has been another busy, but interesting day.

30/05/2024

Since it does not get dark up here during the summer, I decided to take a late night hike to Gullfoss. It was even more beautiful in the perpetual twilight.

29/05/2024

This afternoon we continued along Iceland’s “Golden Circle” to Gullfoss, which means Golden Waterfall in Icelandic, and is the site from which the area took its name. It truly is a spectacular location.

29/05/2024

This afternoon we toured Thingvellir National Park, site of the World’s oldest existing Republic. The Icelandic parliament began meeting here in 930AD, for two weeks every summer. It lies in a fissure between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

29/05/2024

A beautiful start to our day here in Iceland.

29/05/2024

Late post after a busy day. This morning we travelled to Ólafsvík, Iceland, and boarded a boat to cruise along the North Atlantic coast of Western Iceland in search of whales and other marine life. We found a lot of Orca whales and dolphins, as well as lots of birds. Afterwards we explored the town of Ólafsvík a bit.

27/05/2024

More photos from the Snæfellsnes peninsula, this afternoon.

27/05/2024

More incredible sites around the Snæfellsnes peninsula of Iceland.

27/05/2024

Today we are exploring the Snæfellsnes peninsula of Iceland. Our first stop was to do some wildlife watching along the seashore.

26/05/2024

It has been a great first day in Iceland. We landed at Keflavik airport near Reykjavik at 6:30am, and immediately started exploring. Some of the sites included, the fissure between the Northern American and Eurasian tectonic plates, a geothermal hot springs and the surrounding molten fields, some amazing North Atlantic coastal views and finally a visit to a heritage museum to learn about the settlement of Iceland by early Viking settlers in the late ninth century. Then we had lunch!

02/02/2024

In August we will be going on an amazing cruise among the islands of Greece, as well as spending a couple days in Athens and visiting the ancient city of Ephesus. I still have room for a few more. If you would like to join us please message me here, or email me at [email protected].

21/01/2024

Iceland contains some of the most beautiful landscapes in the World. We will be visiting many of these this summer on our Icelandic Tour, from May 25 - June 4, 2024. I still have room for a few more people. Message me if you are interested in joining us. “Don’t ask for security, ask for adventure. Better to live 30 years full of adventure than 100 years safe.” Jim Rohn

20/01/2024

My idea of a great trip!

07/12/2023

Final photos of The Nile before we head to the airport, stopping on the way for a visit to the Aswan bazaar.

06/12/2023

This afternoon we flew back from Abu Simbel to Aswan, where we drove across and explored the Aswan High Dam. This incredible dam was constructed across the Nile and created Lake Nasser, which now stretches from the dam south several hundred miles through southern Egypt and into Sudan.

06/12/2023

This morning we disembarked or ship and flew from Aswan to Abu Simbel, a small village in southern Egypt near the border with Sudan, to visit the incredible temple built by, and in reverence to, Ramses II and his favorite wife, Nefertari.

05/12/2023

Last post tonight from the Temple of Philae.

03/12/2023

This afternoon and evening was our first “slow” time, as we enjoyed cruising upriver. These are just a few pictures I took from the ship. If you look closely you will see a lot of water buffalo, and other animals along the river bank.

03/12/2023

We started off early today, with a sunrise hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings, then toured the actual Valley itself, including numerous tombs which are still in incredible condition after more than 3,000 years. We crossed the Nile by small boats twice, and are now back on board our ship sailing up the Nile.

02/12/2023

This afternoon we visited the 3,300 year old Temple of Luxor then returned for a night visit a light show at the Temple of Karnak. It’s been an amazing day.

30/07/2023

On our last full day in Ireland, we spent the afternoon in Dublin, visiting Trinity College and the 1,200 year old Book of Kellls, which consist of the four gospels of The New Testament, which were copied by hand by four monks in illuminated manuscripts. We also did a bit of wandering before returning to our hotel for the evening.

30/07/2023

This morning we visited Newgrange, a 5,200 year old Neolithic Passage Tomb, located in County Meath, Ireland. It was my fourth time to be there, and I am still amazed by the construction and history.

29/07/2023

We are now back in The Republic of Ireland. This afternoon we visited Malahide Castle.

29/07/2023

This morning we had a private guided tour of Royal Hillsborough Castle, the official royal palace of King Charles III in Northern Ireland. Afterwards we explored the gardens and town around it.