Iceland Day 9: Reykjavik to NYC to DC

Sunday, May 4, 2025

From Home … At 7a we check out of Hotel Cabin and board the bus to Reykjavik International Airport. The Boston group is on an Icelandair direct departing…

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Iceland Day 8: Golden Circle

Saturday, May 3, 2025

From Reykjavik … Today we visit the Golden Circle, a popular tourist loop circling about 140 miles near Reykjavik. We’re going to Þingvellir National Park, Strokkur Geysir and…

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Iceland Day 7: Akureyri to Reykjavik

Friday, May 2, 2025

On the road Reykjavik … Last night’s cod dinner at the Lamb Inn was delicious! After dinner Jóhannes, Jacob (our driver), Kolfinna (our guide), and Larry serenaded the…

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Iceland Day 6: Akureyri

Thursday, May 1, 2025

From the Lamb Inn … After a late night at the Lamb Inn, breakfast is a little later this morning at the Lamb Inn. At 9:30a half the…

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Iceland Day 5: Akureyri to Myvatn

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

From Myvatn … Breakfast is at the Lamb Inn at 7:30a and we’re back on the road at 9:00a. Our first stop is an overlook above the fjord…

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Iceland Day 4: Hvammstangi to Akureyri

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

From the restaurant and lounge of the Lambs Inn in Akureyri … Breakfast is at Hotel Laugarbakki and at 9a we’re on the bus and leaving Hvammstangi. We’ve…

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Iceland Day 3: Reykjavik to Hvammstangi

Monday, April 28, 2025

From Hvammstangi … We arrived in Reykjavik just after sunrise. Finally here after our 36-hour adventure with flight delays, missed flights, and rebooked flights. But that’s all behind…

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Iceland Day 2: DC to Reykjavik 

Sunday, April 27, 2025

From Dulles … again! Yesterday was a bit of a dress rehearsal. You know … drag the luggage down the steps, take an Uber to the airport, check…

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Iceland Day 1: DC to NYC to Reykjavik

Saturday, April 26, 2025

From Dulles as we work our way through flight delays and arranging new flights to Reykjavik … UPDATE: Sometimes things don’t go according to the plan. Our flight…

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Photographing the 2024 Solar Eclipse

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Note: This post is way overdue. I’m writing this in April 2025 – a year after the eclipse last spring – but dating this as April 27, 2024…

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