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  • Iceland Part II

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    Wednesday, November 25, 2015 I awoke at 12:50 PM.  I missed half of daylight. I obviously needed the sleep but the days get significantly shorter very quickly through November and December. On Tuesday when I arrived sunrise was at 10:24  and sunset at 16:04. On Wednesday it was 10:27 and 16:01, already 6 minutes less…

  • Iceland Part I

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    I love Iceland. It is one of the most beautiful countries.  And every day Conde Naste and Travel and Leisure send me articles about beautiful places in the world and Iceland seems to always make the list. I’ve recently come home from an 8 night journey in Iceland and I must say, I am going back…

  • Horseback Riding in Iceland

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    A couple weeks ago I wrote about my first time ever Horseback riding which was in Napoli in September of 2015. We rode up Mt. Vesuvius. So obviously being in another land with volcanoes I knew I had to keep up the trend and ride a horse in Iceland too. During my final weekend in…

  • I fell in love in Iceland

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    I fell in love in Iceland.  Not in the way I fell in love in Italy.  In Italy, from the moment I arrived I felt like I had come home.  And with home, you love it, but there are things you also hate about it.  It’s crazy and chaotic, but you really wouldn’t have it…

  • Viking World – Iceland

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    Viking World is about 40 minutes outside of Reykjavik somewhat in the direction of Keflavik Airport. There on display you can find the Íslendingur, which is a replica of the Gokstad Viking ship. (While the Gokstad Viking ship is on display itself in Oslo, Norway.) The Íslendingur sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland in 2000 to…