Well, nothing really! However, overnight visitors, line dancing in the Fair Parade, and enjoying an amazing late summer weekend will keep me from getting my blog entries about Iceland finished! So here’s a few pictures from a great weekend of Fair and good friends! So now that we have cleared that up, let’s get […]
Entries Tagged as 'Education'
What does the Franklin County Fair have to do with Iceland you ask…
September 14th, 2019 · No Comments · Children, Education, Food, Iceland, Musings, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: Children·craters·food·Iceland·lamb stew·learning·midges·Pilkington·solfataras·travel·trolls·volcanoes
A taste of Northern Iceland
September 2nd, 2019 · No Comments · Education, History, Iceland, Lesson Learned, Museums, Musings, Site Seeing, travel
Onwards to the north of Iceland – or at least part of it. Today’s journey takes us to Iceland’s second largest city: Akureyri. When we arrived it was 45 degrees, starting to rain, and the weather would get even more interesting! Let me say that anyone who is packing for Iceland, do follow all the […]
Tags: Cold winter evenings·crewel work·embroidery·history·horses·Iceland·learning·museum·snow·stables·textile
Where is Iceland?
August 21st, 2019 · No Comments · Education, Food, Iceland, Itinerary, Lesson Learned, Musings, My Goals, Reading, Teaching & Learning, travel
Iceland — do you know where it is? What do you know of it? I’m always first to admit that my geography knowledge is sorely lacking! The benefit to me when I travel is that I finally figure out where in the world that place is located! So first, go here and check out the […]
Tags: Blue Lagoon·climate change·horses·Iceland·learning·novels·reading·retirement·travel
Iceland! We went, we experienced and we want to tell you all about it!
August 20th, 2019 · No Comments · Education, Iceland, Musings, Site Seeing, travel
Every trip I think, actually I set out determined and certain that I’m going to blog while I’m on the trip — and every trip, well, almost every trip, I don’t! Somehow the thought of organizing photos, my thoughts and interesting reflections is hard after a long day of travel, so my good intentions go […]
Tags: experience·experiencing·Iceland·learning·retirement·seeing·selfies·travel
Cuba in 2013
May 23rd, 2018 · No Comments · Cuba, Education
And, why am I writing about that now? Today, Rich and I had the pleasure of presenting our trip to Cuba in 2013 to the local Senior Community Center. It was a real pleasure to share our experiences with a group of about 18 folks. None had been to Cuba, except for a woman and […]
Tags: cuba·senior center·talks·travel