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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A taste of Northern Iceland
September 2nd, 2019 · No Comments · Education, History, Iceland, Lesson Learned, Museums, Musings, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: Cold winter evenings·crewel work·embroidery·history·horses·Iceland·learning·museum·snow·stables·textile
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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Steam, horses, jet lag and the Blue Lagoon
August 23rd, 2019 · No Comments · Iceland, Musings, travel
So, we’ve arrived in Iceland! We left on a Sunday at almost midnight and arrived in Iceland about 9 a.m. the next day (just a bit over a 5 hour flight). We’re tired, but had at least slept a couple of hours on the plane, but super excited. We were met by a taxi driver […]
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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 […]
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