We are off to a weekend of camping four hours away (north). In Iceland, they don't make bonfires when they camp, and it will never get dark tonight, so this should be interesting. To add to it, this is the first time we have ever taken the kids camping and it's supposed to be cold this weekend. I have packed thermals and winter gear. Pray for us... Read More
Our trip is finally documented…
See the rest of the pictures from Athens, Corinth, and the island of Agistri HERE. Read More
Back Home
Wow, it's nice to have internet access! What an amazing time of refreshment we had. It was so great to be around lots and lots of people from our company (try 1,000 of them), walk outside without a coat, hear crickets, and see a dark night sky again. Click HERE to see more pictures of where we stayed our first week in Evia and the first part of our trip to Athens. More to come soon.... Read More
Bustin’ Out…
I've heard a lot about how high depression is here in the winter. They have special things here called "happy lights" that you can sit under that apparently boost your mood. On Tuesday when we went to the pool, I asked if one had to wait till the winter to use these lights. The "summer" here has been hard for me. I keep waiting for it to come. Finally, last Wednesday, I stopped being angry about it, I stopped fighting it, and I just accepted it. This is what you get. 50's...and if we're Read More
Puffin Watching
This weekend was the Harbor Festival, so we joined in the festivities. When Colby saw the advertisement for a puffin tour, he was sold. We rode a small boat out only 15 minutes from Reykjavik where we came upon a small island that inhabited 30,000 puffins (Darcy wasn't a fan of the life-jacket).Our guide told us that in August, the puffins will begin to fly south for the summer, and many of the babies will get confused by the city lights of Reykjavik and crash-land here. When that happens, Read More
Glaciers, Fairies, and Lunatics
I told Colby last weekend that the only thing I really wanted to do for my birthday was hike on the glacier, Sólheimajökull. The next day at language school, there was a new girl in our class from Germany. At the end of class she asked me if I wanted to hike Sólheimajökull with her on Saturday because she had already scheduled a trip with a guide (and her roomie from Switzerland). Colby looked at me, smiled, and said, "I'll watch the kids!" The weather called for 80% chance of rain, so I was Read More
England trip
Top Ten Highlights of our Need-to-get-out-Iceland-because-we can't-be-here-too-long-on-our-passports-England-trip:10. Traveling with 2 kids, 2 car-seats, one suitcase, and 6 carry-on's through a total of 4 airports and 6 train stations. 9. Discovering that metro stations in London do not have lifts (elevators) and trying to carry all of the above mentioned items up various escalators....Darcy falling down the escalator as Colby and I struggle helplessly to carry all our stuff.8. Accepting Read More