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Break out your maps, you may be surprised that Iceland is only a 5 hour flight away, similar to a flight from Baltimore to LA or Philly to Barbados. Iceland is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
Currency is the kronur. USD 1 = ISK 117.
Temperature is strangely similar to York, high around 41 and low of 31, sunny with occasional snow shower.
The sun rises and sets almost at the same time in York too. The only difference is that it takes a lot longer for the sun to rise and set so it's like twilight for hours and hours.

Day 1

Location: 64*8'39" N, 22*55'48"W
Reykjavik, Iceland

Babalu Coffeeshop
We left Logan Int'l at 8:35 pm on Saturday and landed at 6:40 am on Sunday at Keflavik Airport. It's a short 5 hour flight overnight, and Kathy and Axel were so kind to pick us up at the airport. After a quick nap to re-calibrate, Kathy and Axel picked us up for our introduction to Iceland.
We visited Thingvellir, where the first Parliament met. There's a continental divide here and I guess it is constantly moving. Like a few inches a day. The visitor center is built exactly the width of 1000 years movement.


We also saw a geyser, or shall I say, the Geysir. Apparently geysers are named after this particular geyser named Geysir. The Icelandic word for geyser is actually some other word. Other things we saw: big waterfall called Gullfoss ("golden falls"), a big dormant volcano crater, and oh yeah! Axel's family cave. He apparently has ancestor's who apparently lived or were born in a cave out in the country. Strange thing, we found a geocache hidden in the family cave. So in case you are geocacher, there's one in Iceland!

Welcome Back

Oh hey, guys. Welcome back to our travel blog. We started packing our bags last night and leave for Iceland tomorrow! We will try to post as often as we can (whenever we find wifi access) about our trip and share our adventures with you. In the meantime, please enjoy our previous travels to Barbados and Vietnam in 2010 and 2008 (choose from the menu on the right).