Back from Iceland

Okay, so it wasn't much of a blog from Iceland. We're back. We have lots of dirty laundry, Eric threw up on the plane, and we haven't unpacked yet, but we're glad to be home.
Iceland was beautiful. I decided it was like Yellowstone -- kind of demands to be done a second time, so you take all the good knowledge you've developed and use it the next time. We spent three days in Reykjavik, and mostly went to the pool and the national museum and various show-related events.
The pools in Iceland are the bomb. They're outdoors and heated with geothermal water, and you can go from hot pots (aka hot tubs) to giant, warm swimming pools. It's just like every other metropolitan swimming complex, except the water is terrifically warm and you're outside on a chilly day. When we went up north to Akureyri (sp?), we went to a spa/thermal pool that was a milky turquoise blue and then to their municipal pool, and on both days it was snowing all day. It was extremely cool to hang out at the pool when it was snowing.
If I can figure it out, I'll post some pix. Bless! (Icelandic for goodbye).

Day Three in Iceland

It's day 3 in Iceland. All of our days have been sunny and warm, by Iceland standards -- at least 50 degrees.
We arrived super-early on Friday; I hardly remember any of it, but I know that we hung out in Reykjavik for a while so Albert could have a meeting about work. We parked at the tourist info place and walked around (I got a parking ticket -- I have no idea what I did wrong). Then in the early afternoon we met up again and drove to our cottage about 45 km outside of town. It was a beautiful setting -- just a perfect little scandi cottage that was tiny but just right.
On Saturday we did Geysir, the original. Yellowstone is much better. We also did Gullfoss, a huge & beautiful waterfall, and Thingvellir, a national park that was their outdoor parliament. Another gorgeous setting. It's all very dramatic and wild-looking.
Today we did a horseback ride on Icelandic horses (they look like ponies with arabian faces). Since we arrived, the countryside has gone from bare trees and brown grass to leafed-out trees and green grass -- it's really beautiful.
Tonight we go to the movie premiere. I'll try to post again before we leave...

Blog Launched

This is my first posting!