{"id":295,"date":"2018-10-01T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/the-european-trip\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T22:48:00","slug":"the-european-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/the-european-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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\n(Sept. 30)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAfter spending a few days with my mother in Mechanicsburg, PA, and then visiting family in Northern Virginia, we\u2019re set to fly out to Iceland tonight.<\/p>\n

(One interesting thing about our visit in Mechanicsburg is that we woke up one morning and there were two other cars with Colorado license plates parked next to ours. Quite the coincidence.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nAnyway, we\u2019re about set to fly out and we still do not have several intra-European flights reserved yet or lodging in Rome. At this point, we\u2019ll probably do that once we get to Hamburg next week.<\/div>\n
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\nWhat Will We Do in Iceland?<\/b>
\nWe also don\u2019t have a list of things we want to see and do in Iceland, where we land tomorrow morning, We\u2019ve just been so busy getting out of our house, driving across the country and settling the cats that we haven\u2019t had time to even focus on that. Like most Iceland tourists, we wanted to go to the Blue Lagoon, but there weren\u2019t any tickets available when I attempted to make reservations several days ago. Therefore, we\u2019re going to visit a smaller and cheaper, geothermal pool, the Secret Lagoon, as a substitute.<\/p>\n

We did decide to focus on South Iceland because it’s the most accessible part of the country when you only have a couple days to explore. It’s also supposed to have better weather this time of year than the north. It also features the famous Golden Circle, a popular tourist driving destination.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nSouth Iceland<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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We’re hoping to see these guys in Vik<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This morning I\u2019ve identified several things we want to see in south Iceland and along the Ring Road, so I think we\u2019re good for the first few days. They include a drive along a southern road to the fishing village of Vik, which has a famous black sand beach with some amazing rock formations out in the water, as well as puffins and other seabirds.  Also several waterfalls with unpronounceable names that begin with the letter “s”.<\/p>\n

Reykjavik<\/b>
\nAfter that, we\u2019re going to spend a few days in Reykjavik. The Reykjavik International Film Festival is going on while we\u2019re there, so we will definitely see several films with Lexie, who plans to study Film at Champlain College next year. That should be interesting. I\u2019m going to attempt to get Lexie to make some selections and get tickets before our flight.<\/div>\n

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It finally feels like our adventure is beginning. I\u2019m looking forward to it!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BOB (Sept. 30) After spending a few days with my mother in Mechanicsburg, PA, and then visiting family in Northern Virginia, we\u2019re set to fly out to Iceland tonight. (One interesting thing about our visit in Mechanicsburg is that we woke up one morning and there were two other cars with Colorado license plates parked … <\/p>\n

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