My OperaA quick recap of the summer
Thursday, August 9, 2007 11:48:33 AM
Hey all
It's been a while since the last post, but I'll attempt to recapitulate some of this summer's events.
In July we went with Berglind's family to la Costa Blanca in Spain for two weeks, in celebration of Berglind's parents' 60th birthday and their 40th wedding anniversary. Spain was excellent - lots of sun, good food, fun in the pool, bodysurfing on the beach, golf, etc.
After returning home things got back to their everyday routine, nothing special, and we haven't been doing anything in addition to working and just being. These days however, we have visitors which has allowed us to drive around parts of the country showing them around. Claudia, Nikos and their 6 month old daughter Sofia are here and we're enjoying their visit immensely.
Check out the pictures that we have taken so far. First we went downtown Reykjavik and had a coffee, then we drove to Þingvellir National Park where we saw, among others, horses being ridden over a river, the site where women were drowned back in the day, unbelievably clear water in fissures/cracks in the lava, then went to Laugarvatn natural hot spring steam bath where Sofia had her first hot tub experience, and was completely exhausted after, and finished off by going to the geothermal area in Haukadalur, where the one and only Geysir is. It was a wonderful day.
Then, the next day we went for a short drive in the afternoon. We visited Gljúfrasteinn, the residence of the late Nobel Prize winner and Iceland's most famous novelist Halldor Laxness. Then we continued and drove around the fjord Hvalfjordur.
That's it for now, I'll add more from their visit soon.
Enjoy.
B.
It's been a while since the last post, but I'll attempt to recapitulate some of this summer's events.
In July we went with Berglind's family to la Costa Blanca in Spain for two weeks, in celebration of Berglind's parents' 60th birthday and their 40th wedding anniversary. Spain was excellent - lots of sun, good food, fun in the pool, bodysurfing on the beach, golf, etc.
After returning home things got back to their everyday routine, nothing special, and we haven't been doing anything in addition to working and just being. These days however, we have visitors which has allowed us to drive around parts of the country showing them around. Claudia, Nikos and their 6 month old daughter Sofia are here and we're enjoying their visit immensely.
Check out the pictures that we have taken so far. First we went downtown Reykjavik and had a coffee, then we drove to Þingvellir National Park where we saw, among others, horses being ridden over a river, the site where women were drowned back in the day, unbelievably clear water in fissures/cracks in the lava, then went to Laugarvatn natural hot spring steam bath where Sofia had her first hot tub experience, and was completely exhausted after, and finished off by going to the geothermal area in Haukadalur, where the one and only Geysir is. It was a wonderful day.
Then, the next day we went for a short drive in the afternoon. We visited Gljúfrasteinn, the residence of the late Nobel Prize winner and Iceland's most famous novelist Halldor Laxness. Then we continued and drove around the fjord Hvalfjordur.
That's it for now, I'll add more from their visit soon.
Enjoy.
B.
