Geo: 43.6602, -79.4164Today was CN tower day! However, the walk down there was a very misty one, because of which I was very doubtful of us being able to see much from the top! As we got closer, the humid mist lifted slightly so you could see the spinnaker of the tower! Up we went, through various safety scanners etc and into the lift to the top. The elevatorhad a glass floor, so when you are climbing at 15mph it is quite disconcerting to look down. The view from the top was incredible, impossible to describe in words. There was also a glass floor which some people (including Nath and Nunny) were terrified of! I however jumped up and down on it! No problem! After a million photos, we decided to have a cuppa with a ... read more

Geo: 51.1354, -0.12709We made it down to our Gatwick hotel (with parking for our Canadian adventure) in remarkably good time, considering the A11 and M25 were involved!! The hotel is HUGE! It's like a rabbit warren... Def no wine for dinner tonight as I will never find our room again!! Dinner consisted of an omelette for James and a steak sandwich for me! However, after waiting for them to find a cow to make my sandwich, 30 mins after ordering, the omelette came out wrong. A very apologetic waiter offered a free round of drinks, which with southern prices were I presume more than the omelette itself! Both meals were scrumptious though!! Whist James settled up, I went on a hunt to find some more milk as our ration in our room was exhausted within the ... read more

Geo: 64.145, -21.936Back in Reykjavik after a bumpy descent into the domestic airport!! The taxi driver was not as nice as the first one and liked to honk his horn! But we made it! In the older bit of the hotel this time, lovely room with still a view of the square. Hot choc a cookies and a sit!!!... read more

Geo: 65.6838, -18.0909It seems snow can even shut this place down too!! The streets are dead and we seemed to be the only crazy ones to venture out for food! Tonight was supposed to be our posh meal in Reykjavik so instead we ventured to one of the posher restaurants here.... Dressed in thermals and jeans!!! It was on the 5th floor, boasting some of the best views in the town.... Not tonight, we could barely see across the car park. To add insult to injury, half of the things on the menu had not made it through the storm, but we tried arctic goose, local langoustines, article char, salted cod, Icelandic lamb and skyr (a yoghurt like pudding!) with birch and apple sorbet! It was scrummy and very luxurious, but as I said not much ... read more

Geo: 65.7344, -18.1907The northern lights are definitely not of this world! So magical and ethereal. Mother Nature has done a damn good jobThere was a coach tonight, I guess as everyone that went last night was on it too. It was full of Americans... This did not please a tired James, ESP the lady popping gum right behind us!! Our guide found the lights though. Very whispy to start with but they sure did put on a show!After a few photos and Chinese wandering infront of your camera we just stood a watached them dance! So amazingAll the photos are photos of our camera display as this picked up nothing!!!... read more