There were two things I really wanted to do on this trip and I have now done both ( Read more... )

Hmm, I keep putting my good stories on Facebook, which means I'm left with little to write about here. Maybe I should switch over exclusively to FB ( Read more... )

Totally beat today from a 3-activity day. So no real update in LJ. Just a link to the photos, which have all the info I would have written about here had I been less exhausted: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2675362&l=e50c50b08c&id=637646375Read more... )

This morning, I woke up in a teensy tiny room at the Rhodes. To give you a sense of how tiny, note that my husband would not fit in this room. Literally. It's exactly as wide as a twin bed, and Jeff is longer than a twin bed. Lengthwise, I think he'd just fit, though only if the bed were removed first, and only then if no one needed to open the ( Read more... )

Short update today, as it's already midnight and it's been a long day ( Read more... )

Today was a fresh day in Iceland, and began with a visit to the local bakery (yum!) followed by Zach and I driving around parts of the "Golden Circle", though not necessarily via the same routes used by most tourists. More on that later.

I learned a lot today:

• Reykjavik traffic engineers apparently think that roundabouts on the highway are an ( Read more... )

Zach and I arrived in Iceland today after an overnight trip from Seattle. I'm pretty tired, as I found it nearly impossible to fall asleep at 5PM PST on a plane seat that didn't recline ( Read more... )