Hubby and I are home from Iceland. I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, you will not find any pics of the Northern Lights attached because we didn't see them. "Hunting the Lights" as the Icelanders call it, is not as easy as I had thought! The conditions have to be perfect. These are:1) clear skies; 2) no ambient light; and 3) a good amount of solar wind. Unfortunately, the only condition that was met was the second, as we went out into the country where the weather forecasted a break in the rain clouds which plagued us the entire trip. Just as at home, it is nice to be able to say that Iceland's weather forecasters suck. Also, with my back still healing, I wasn't able to ride an Icelandic pony, either. But, if the MS has taught me anything, it's patience, of which I NEVER had any and only now have developed about a quarter of what I should have, but to me this means that we'll just have to go back! Perhaps on the way to somewhere else, who knows?
The city of Reykjavik is a really cool place, especially decked out for Christmas as it was. However, the dawn didn't come until about 11 a.m. and the sun set about 4 p.m. so it was often too dark to see stuff. But I did go into the warm baths that were built over the geothermal springs they have there; the ambient temperature was about 30 degrees F but the baths were comfortably warm (not too hot for the MS but warm enough to soothe my back). Aside from the very short stumble back into the heated changing room (everyone else ran) I wasn't cold at all. My husband couldn't get used to the time change but I had no problem with the exception of the first day. We left from Seattle and Reykjavik is only a 7 1/2 hr flight but is 8 hrs ahead of Seattle in time. Thus, when we got there, it was bedtime Sunday night in Seattle, but 6:45 a.m. Monday in Reykjavik! We went to the hotel, caught a few hrs.' sleep, and went on a tour of the city. Everything there is very expensive, including food, which I thought was good, especially the lamb. And I got this great hand-knit warm and cuddly wool sweater for probably half what I would pay in the USA. And, to top it all off, I broke the middle finger of my right hand in a stupid stunt with the wheelchair at the Seattle airport on the way home, but a good time was had by all. And since we didn't get to see the Northern Lights and thus they are still on our bucket list, we will continue to "hunt the Lights."
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