A volcano erupted in Iceland the day we arrived, almost the moment we arrived. It was not a factor for us and we could not see it from Reykjavik. However, a couple days before our scheduled departure from Iceland on July 21st Sheila began seeing notices of numerous delays and cancellations of …
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85 Days, 20 Cities
Over the span of 85 days we spent time in 20 cities. That does not count London where we flew in, caught a cab and rode the train out; all in the span of about 4 hours. Tomorrow is city number 21, Spokane aka home, weather and volcano permiting. Some of the cities were day trips from a …
Another Day, Another Museum (or two): Is 50% good when it comes to museums?
Today we went to the National Gallery of Iceland Museum. It was a 2 for 1 deal from yesterday's admission to the House of Collections Museum. Once again, a very impressive Museum. Airy white space, clinically clean. I could be happy sitting in the main exhibit hallwith no artwork. For me, it feels …
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Our Iceland Apartment
Pictures, for those of you who have requested. Very nice, one caveat, it is a shared space with a wonderful hostess Eyglo who is a similar age to us. She is respectful, gives us a lot of space, and hopefully we are respectful also. It is a second floor walk up so we have minimal stairs. …
The Land of the Midnite Sun – Not Quite
Out for a stroll along the beach, the soft light entices me to take a few photos. Photos are taken at about 11pm. Sunset in about 15 minutes, then sunrise at 3:50am. Darkness is another topic. I have gotten up between 1 and 2 and, to me, it just doesn't look too dark. Temperature at 11pm …
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