After Amsterdam I went to Paris for a few days. It was a quiet time of sightseeing before heading to London.

After spending the first 14 months of the pandemic in Florida and Georgia, I moved back to NYC in May of 2021. Why? Still not really sure. I have been in and out of the city since 2016 and was feeling the pull again; NYC has a tendency to draw you in once you’ve spent time there. And I was ready to be around more people. Who knows how long I’ll be here this time.

Depression struck after I moved up, but that story is one that’s better told in its own post (I’m okay now). It’s why I don’t really have any pictures from the Summer and only a couple in NYC.

I went to Georgia for Thanksgiving, to hang out with the fam and camp. Then I took two weeks off at the end of December. That time off was the most restorative experience I’d had in a while. I had a very strong creative resurgence as I was coming out of my depression in October; taking time off only pronounced that. I began editing travel videos from my Year Off and I started playing music again. Not to spoil 2022 but so far it has been a deeply satisfying year of making things.

On our way back towards Western Europe, we spent a week in Amsterdam.

The first unplanned stop on this trip was Prague. On the advice of someone we talked to in Berlin, we decided to check out both Prague and Budapest. We then stopped in Vienna for a day on our way to Amsterdam.

After Scandinavia I spent a week in Germany. First in Berlin then around Thuringia.

After leaving Iceland we headed to Scandinavia.

I posted photos from both Stockholm and Copenhagen.

On our last two days in Iceland we wandered around Reykyavik.

Here are my pictures from that day.

On our third day in Iceland we drove for a while to reach Diamond Beach.

Here are my pictures from that day.

On our second day in Iceland we visited many waterfalls, some black sand beaches, and a glacier.

Here are my pictures from that day.

On day 1 of my year off Europe trip I flew from NYC to Iceland with 2 of my friends.

Here are my pictures from that day.