Well, I was right about our general inability to get up this morning. I set my alarm for 8.25 am but was so sleepy I fell asleep again as soon as it stopped ringing. Eventually staggered next door to discover that Alexa & Ludy were equally out of it but planning to go downstairs for breakfast before going back to sleep. I lacked sufficient ( Read more... )

It's nearly 3 on Sunday morning, and it's still light outside :) Normal daylight persisted until 11pm, and since then we've been in twilight. There was a glorious pink and purple sunset as we drove through the volcanic region outside Reykjavik, but in the city itself it seems like around 8pm in the summer at home. A handful of the street lights are ( Read more... )

We're in Iceland :) I have way too much to write about just now, as we're sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for a coach to take us on the Golden Circle tour. But the "awfully expensive" food has turned out to also be awfully good, so that helps :) Last night we shut the curtains in our hotel room at 00:40, and it had just gone into twilight! A ( Read more... )