Iceland Emailed!

Well, the word is out: In a week, George and I are leaving for our last big hurrah of the summer - our trip to Iceland! Saga country, here we come!



Over the last two weeks, we have planned, re-planned, and planned again our itinerary. This included a sorry day in July when we realized we had to scrap our intention to trek around each of the western fjords, considering we'd planned only about 4 days on the Snaefellsnes Penninsula. As luck would have it, we're still hoping to visit the home of Iceland's hakarl industry. Putrified shark meat. Mmmm-mmmm!



Also on our list: Reykjavik, an evening bike tour of the coastline around Reykjavik during the midnight sun (22 hours of sunlight, and a high of 55 F in August!), Stykkisholmur, a ferry trip around the fjords in the Breidafjordur, Grundarfjordur, and Videy (a small volcanic island off the coast of Reykjavik). Not to mention trying to figure out how to say the names of all of these things. We have it on good authority (Hanna and Marko) that, try as we might, we will fail.



More (pictures, too) to come!