Monthly Archives: June 2011
It’s Day 6 and the big purple bus crosses the Rhine River at Strasbourg into France. No border police, no passports needed. This is the European Union today where Euros are good everywhere. A hard rain is falling as we … Continue reading
Our tour began with great excitement despite a few flight delays. Early in the day flights were delayed because of poor weather in Newark, but with much relief everyone arrived in time except for Bruce Berggren-Thomas. Thankfully, Lufthansa was able … Continue reading
We arrived home from our Iceland Country Tour on Wednesday evening. I am still glowing with wonderful feelings from the tour. On our flight from Iceland, I asked Janet what made the tour so special. She said immediately, the various … Continue reading
Greetings from Southern Iceland on the longest day of the year. Our group has been having fun taking pictures every hour of the night and observing when the sun sets and when it starts to rise. Helen Eby and Dale … Continue reading
Greetings from Eastern Iceland. The last two days we spent in Northern Iceland. Our hub was Husavik. We visited the open air museum at Skagafjoraur, known as the valley of the horses. We were impressed with the long hallway that … Continue reading
It is 10:00 p.m. and the sun is still high in the sky. Yesterday we learned so much as we explored the hot springs. We followed the pipeline, for 27 kms, that carries the hot water to Reykjavik for heating … Continue reading
Our adventure to Iceland has begun. Our Icelandair flight was very smooth. At the airport we were met by our guide Kristofer and our driver Pjerki who will be with us for the next nine days. Kris informed us that … Continue reading
Good morning from Mt. McKinley, where the Great One has come out of the clouds to display its gorgeous self! We saw the top and down the left side as we were eating dinner last night, but this morning it … Continue reading
Writing from Denali Princess Lodge on a cloudy/sunny/rainy day! All timed for the maximum enjoyment in the park! We saw porcupine, horseshoe rabbits, caribou, and Dall sheep – at least 18 or more, moose mama and twin calves. So far, … Continue reading
