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An Art Surprise — and Welcome back!

March 2nd, 2024 · Comments Off on An Art Surprise — and Welcome back! · Art, Education, Garden, Museums, Site Seeing, travel

In case you’ve found this, and used to read my postings, and have come back for more – thank you and welcome back! It’s been since pre-pandemic — doesn’t that relate to so much! — that I’ve traveled much.  We have gone a few places, and I’ll catch up with a few of those; however, […]

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Snow in August!

October 1st, 2019 · Comments Off on Snow in August! · eating, Experiencing, Farms, Food, Garden, Iceland, Musings, Site Seeing, travel

We’re in Iceland.  It’s August 11th, and there’s snow!   Not a lot, but the kind that in Massachusetts, and parts of New England signals the closeness of winter. We are in Akureyri in the northwest area of Iceland, and we are having what will be the worst weather in the trip.  It is pouring rain, […]

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What does the Franklin County Fair have to do with Iceland you ask…

September 14th, 2019 · Comments Off on What does the Franklin County Fair have to do with Iceland you ask… · Children, Education, Food, Iceland, Musings, Site Seeing, travel

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 […]

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A taste of Northern Iceland

September 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on A taste of Northern Iceland · 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 […]

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If you’re only looking at the mountains, you’re missing the fish and agriculture!

August 26th, 2019 · 2 Comments · Children, Iceland, Itinerary, Musings, Play, Site Seeing, travel

We began our day at the Northern Light Inn in Grindavik.  We ended our day at the Hotel Borgarnes in Borgarnes.   (A note about the hotel – a good basic place, small, but clean rooms with one of the tinyest bathrooms ever; and a quite good breakfast). In between, a visit to a family owned fish […]

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