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Back in USA

smacneill — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:54:57 -0500

We arrived back in RI on Sunday night and thanks to ANOTHER run in with the Department of Homeland Security we didn't get home till nearly 8:00pm.

We had a great time in Iceland and one day we would like to go back to travel the eastern and norther ...

Iceland Day 5 and 6

smacneill — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:58:27 -0500

This is the second part of the entry I posted this morning.

Yesterday we traveled north to Snaefellsnes Peninsula. Iceland's terrain changes in seconds. One second you are in a lava field and the next grass, ocean, mountains, snow, sand storms. Sna ...

Iceland Day 3 and 4

smacneill — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:10:21 -0500

I will post this entry in 2 parts.

We left Reykjevik on Wednesday morning and traveled to Pingvellir (pron: thingvellir). This is where the North American continental plate and the European plate meets. They are separating at a rate of 1mm per ...

Reykjavik, Day 2

smacneill — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:33:40 -0500

Ok real quick. I'm beat.

Went out to Reykjanes Penninsula today. All of it black lava rock. Nice!

Went to Blue Lagoon for most of the day. The Blue Lagoon is generally a big geothermal pool. I'm not really into the public pool scene but thi ...

Reykjavik, Day 1

smacneill — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:56:56 -0500

We arrived in Reykjavik at 6:40am this morning and it is actually warmer here than it is in RI (madd windy though).

We spent the morning and early afternoon walking around the capital and planning some of our trip.

We visited Hallgrimskirkj ...

3 Days Left

smacneill — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:52:32 -0500

3 more days till I go. Still stuck in RI.. Suck!