Iceland
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Note 19 – Glacial Lagoon – Djúpivogur, Iceland
Expected weather: Hi 48F, Showers Seas: Calm Population: 509 / 352,721 This is an even smaller place than yesterday, so tendering again and we selected the Viking optional full-day “FJALLSÁRLÓN ICE LAGOON BY ZODIAC” excursion. This is one of the few times where I was convinced that the hours on the bus would be worth…
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Note 18 – Snow Day? – Seyðisfjörður
Expected weather: Hi 41F / Low 30F, Showers, light snow Seas: Calm – Moderate Population: 676 / 352,721 This is my favorite town name to pronounce – and here we go again… under 1000 population is a “village”, perhaps? If all the passengers and crew of Viking Saturn were to disembark here, we’d triple the…
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Note 17 – Fire and Ice – Akureyri
Expected weather: Hi 44F / Low 32F, Showers Seas: Rough to Moderate Population: 19,219 / 352,721 Akureyri is Iceland’s largest city outside the capital region of Reykjavik – although I don’t know if it would qualify as a “city” in Texas, more like a “town”! It is nicknamed the “Capital of the North” and there…
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Note 16 – Westfjords and Majestic Waterfalls – ĺsafjördur, Iceland
Expected weather: Hi 50F / Low 42F, Rain 61% Seas: Moderate Population: 2,744 / 352,721 We have arrived in Iceland! And, yes, that is the town’s population as well as the country of Iceland’s total population. ĺsafjördur is the 13th largest town in Iceland. We have 7 cities in Texas alone that have larger populations…
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Note 3 – Packing – It’s Going to be HOW Cold?
Most people who know me have heard me remark, “I was born in the South for a reason. I can’t handle temps below 70°F!”. Although I must admit that I, too, am weary of the weeks of 100°F+ heat that we’ve had in Texas this summer. And now, we are going to ICE-land! Really? From…
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Note 2 – Half the Fun is Planning
Half the fun for me in taking a trip is the planning. First, a follow-up to a my comment in Note 1 that this is our first “really big” trip post-pandemic. We did go on a “big” 12-day trip last fall to Greece with a half-day in Turkey. It was a fully escorted 10-day tour…
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