Reykjavik, Iceland part I
I have been torn about whether or not to blog about our European vacation. On the one hand, I don’t want to spend a lot of my time while traveling doing something I could do at home. Nor, do I want to share everything about our vacation with who knows who…Yet, on the other hand, I feel like I would not record very much about it if I were not to blog. Plus, I enjoyed Scratching Pole’s travel blog so much while she was gone…
So here goes…
We are in Reykjavik, Iceland sitting on the tarmac and husband just informed me, “if it is as warm on this flight as the last one I am going to have to strip down to my knickers.” Our last flight was 5.5 hours and we landed in Iceland at 1:30 a.m. our time. It is now about 3:00 am MN time. No great adventures to report so far other than being mistaken as a local by the flight attendants several times and meeting Triplebrau, a man with three large eyebrows (above each eye and one running straight down his nose) at customs.
Flying in and out of Reykjavik has been really interesting- it is so desolate. Literally, it is an island of pure lava rock it looks like a hard desert broken up by the occasional hot springs or a steam stack (it is an island completely powered by geothermal power). I can’t wait to see more of it on our return and stay (including our stop at the hot springs).
Signing off so that I can return my tray table to its upright position to prepare for take-off. It will be 12:00 p.m. local time when we get into Copenhagen. Yikes, barely 3 hours of sleep so far and a long day ahead.
So here goes…
We are in Reykjavik, Iceland sitting on the tarmac and husband just informed me, “if it is as warm on this flight as the last one I am going to have to strip down to my knickers.” Our last flight was 5.5 hours and we landed in Iceland at 1:30 a.m. our time. It is now about 3:00 am MN time. No great adventures to report so far other than being mistaken as a local by the flight attendants several times and meeting Triplebrau, a man with three large eyebrows (above each eye and one running straight down his nose) at customs.
Flying in and out of Reykjavik has been really interesting- it is so desolate. Literally, it is an island of pure lava rock it looks like a hard desert broken up by the occasional hot springs or a steam stack (it is an island completely powered by geothermal power). I can’t wait to see more of it on our return and stay (including our stop at the hot springs).
Signing off so that I can return my tray table to its upright position to prepare for take-off. It will be 12:00 p.m. local time when we get into Copenhagen. Yikes, barely 3 hours of sleep so far and a long day ahead.
posted by KLOU | 12:22 PM
1 Comments:
There was recently an article in Discover Magazine or National Geographic (I forget which one) discussing the increasing political pressure on the government to find a more economical source of energy, namely nuclear or hydroelectric. The problem with hydroelectric, of course, being that it would be a blemish to the aesthetic beauty of the fjord within which it is located. ..interesting article if you get the chance.
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