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Late night update
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Continue reading →: Late night updateJust came home from the funnest evening– I had bought tickets a couple of weeks ago for a interesting show– part of the Reyjavik Arts Festival. It was a parody of dance and music by three really clever, energetic people. It started at 1030pm so we figured we would be…
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Eye candy
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Continue reading →: Eye candyLoving colors the way I do there has just been so much to love about reykjavik. They are totally willing to go to fun color combinations. here are some of my favorite: Then the buildings. They are really having fun with shapes and colors. This is where we were last…
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Odds and ends
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Continue reading →: Odds and endsWe are on our way to a comedy show so just a quick update… For my little brother–also known as Safety Man– they wear these safety vests all the time here. Always when the kids are out walking. For Hollie. It could be worse. Really that was a preschool too.…
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The basics
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Continue reading →: The basicsAs I was lying awake at 3 am, I realized I hadn’t written any of the who,why, where type of things. So. We are staying in a little apartment until Sunday. It is right in Central Reyjkavik– which means we can walk to all the restaurants and cute little shops.…
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Corrugated houses
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Continue reading →: Corrugated housesI read they make a lot of their houses from corrugated metal. And that some people found this unappealing. I love it. They really use it everywhere. And they color it This is what looks like close up It does require some upkeep Or it could end up looking like…
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Traveling day
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Continue reading →: Traveling dayso with butterflies in my stomach we left our house. Arrived at the airport in time to buy some postcards– I am going to put my email on these and give them to the Icelanders that we meet. We meant to bring some from Monterey, but kept forgetting to buy…
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Day before
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Continue reading →: Day beforeOk. We are down to the last minute packing. – Sleeping pills for the flight – Sunglasses. It will always be light there. – Midge net. Next week we will be at a lake where there are gnats that love carbon dioxide and fly INTO your nose and moth when…
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Food
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Continue reading →: FoodWe hear it will be mostly fish and lamb. With hotdogs evidently being the snack-food of choice. In “Jar City” the guy went to a drive-through and ordered a sheep’s head. Then went home and ate it (still in the same sort of container Nachos come in) starting with the…
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Maps
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Continue reading →: MapsI am making this quilt to hang in our bedroom in PG. Suddenly tonight I thought “Is Iceland even on this map??”. And sure enough there was Iceland Yay! Here is a better map. We are going to spend a couple of days in Reykjavik, the capital, and biggest city…
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What we know so far
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Continue reading →: What we know so farWe watched Jar City last night. A mystery movie from Iceland. There is one Big road in Iceland “The Ring Road”. It goes all the way around Iceland. This Ring Road is two lanes. With no shoulders or guard rails. Mostly in the movie there were NO other cars on…
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Leaving Victoria Falls 8/22 for Capetown, and then on to Marisol’s wedding in Portland Maine 8 /26
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