Blogs from Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 19

Six friends (Chuck and Leila, Chris and Sarah, Jason and Holly) from Wisconsin decided to travel to Iceland together in November. One friend (Chris) asked the seemingly obvious question "Why would we want to go to Iceland in November?". Well, why not?! In all reality though, Iceland has a very mild climate despite edging the Arctic Circle. Typically speaking the weather is milder in Iceland than in the Northern United States, say November through February. However, Iceland is nestled oh so nicely between the Arctic Circle as well as the Gulf Stream. The result can be not so nice of weather, like when our group of six friends traveled there November of 2015. Windy, wet, and cold for much of our time there. It's all part of the Icelandic adventure, so we put on our winter ... read more

Hey folks - if you're checking in my travel blog it sure would be nice if you left a comment. Otherwise I can't tell who has stopped by. Come on, give me some blog love :) Sorry but holy hell what a day! Fabulous stops, sub freezing air, sideways blowing snow. Becky and I were saying we have gotten our money's worth on this trip! Northern lights, winter weather, milder but chilly evenings. The only things we've really missed are earthquakes and volcano eruptions - but hey - we still have a day and a half left!! So - Day 3. The Golden Circle. Today was about the best known natural, cultural and historic sites. We headed out to the west today. As we were boarding the bus it began to snow. And snow. Once we ... read more

Today was THE day. One of the longest days of my life. I am so exhausted and need to go to bed but I am just too excited to blog the day's happenings. Actually, I'm going back a day - I checked out of my scary motel in Danvers at noon and called for a cab to get out of there. Of course it was noon so I had to wait a bit. So Eli picks me up. Eli is an early 60s hippie type. Again, some fascinating conversation ensued,. Ya'll the dude was hitting on me. No joke. He told me I was beautiful, had a sweet sprint and actually groaned when I told him that yes, I was married. WTF??? Anyway. I was still exhausted from my Salem trekking the day before and all ... read more

My dad and I were able to find our way to the Boston Logan Airport via the very crowded metro. There was almost no line and check-in at WOW was super easy. We got our seats and made our way through security. The gate was at a tiny terminal extension, very new. Boarding was easy and our seats were very roomy and spacious - I spent extra money for dad to get an XXL seat in the exit row and mine was a cheaper seat behind him and next to the window. There was no one in front of me, so he and I had lots of room and were able to chat pretty easily. The best part of the whole plane ride, besides the super friendly flight attendants, despite the perfect seats, despite the gross ... read more

Things didn't start well, I'd had a bad night's sleep but Lou was coming down with something and feeling really bad. Everything felt a bit surreal (especially saying goodbye to Lou), sort of like it wasn't really happening. Soon I was waiting for a bus to take me to Rugby where I could jump on a train to Birmingham International. Whilst waiting for the bus an old boy with a dog on a string and a can of special brew (it was 9am) came over for a chat which turned out to be quite fun. He told me about his travels in the Middle East and just how important it is that I get some good boots. For some reason talking to the most stereotypical drunk hobo you could imagine made it hit home. This is ... read more