Soaking It All In
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Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland... [read more]
Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland... [read more] Blog: Segment 1: Iceland, Faroe, & Orkney Islands
Date: May 17th 2009
Iceland is one of those places that seems far removed from the beaten track. As we flew the red eye north from New York, over snowy Greenland, the brilliant orange sun began to rise over the horizon at 3:30 am. This is, in fact, the land of the midnight sun with only 4 hours of darkness this time of year. Our Iceland Air stewardess was dressed in a 1960s style outfit complete with a pill box hat a ... read more
Date: May 17th 2009
Iceland is one of those places that seems far removed from the beaten track. As we flew the red eye north from New York, over snowy Greenland, the brilliant orange sun began to rise over the horizon at 3:30 am. This is, in fact, the land of the midnight sun with only 4 hours of darkness this time of year. Our Iceland Air stewardess was dressed in a 1960s style outfit complete with a pill box hat a ... read more
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The travel bug took hold of us early in life. Maybe because, as children and “Air Force Brats”, we moved with our families every couple of years to bases around the world; like Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Chuck and Anchorage, Alaska for Linda. We met in 1976 and married in 1979; our 34 years together have been greatly influenced by our many travel adventures. After 20 years in the real estate field and only being able to get away for three weeks at a time, we retired in ... full info
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