Categotry Archives: Travel
13 Pros and Cons of Traveling with OAT
OAT stands for Overseas Adventure Travel. They are fairly well named, as they will take you on adventures overseas. They were the ones I went to Mongolia, Indonesia, and Iceland with.
OAT
Overseas Adventure Travel. Often called “oat” by the tour guides and tourists, Overseas Adventure Travel is the company that I have been traveling with for the last few years on my overseas adventures. In other words, I went to Mongolia, Indonesia, and Iceland with them, but not Belize, Canada, or Mexico. Would you like to go? Really? If you use the coupon code for a discount from my sidebar, then I will get credit good toward future trips. Added to […]
A Beach on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula
We hit the beach. In our winter coats. There was supposed to be some wildlife – seals and birds. So I searched for them.
A Random 13
1. We’re going to take a little intermission from my Iceland trip because I’m just feeling too random today. 2. The picture under #1 was in Borgarnes behind the Settlement Center.
From Reykjavik to Stykkisholmur
These trips tend to cover a lot of ground quickly. The first day we arrived in the airport, then toured the city, met up for dinner, and had a meeting in which everyone introduced themselves and we talked about the trip. On the second day we did all this:
Stykkisholmur Hotel
My Fictioneer’s post this week really is fiction, but there’s an element of the autobiographical. Marge and Jane, two of my regularly reoccurring characters, are entirely made up. The person who fell off the bed was me. It happened at the Hilton in Reykjavik. I got wedged with my feet on the bed and my back on the wall, laughing so hard I couldn’t get up. This was probably quite dangerous with my total hip replacement having happened a mere […]
Helgafell
Toward the end of the day we hiked up Holy Mountain – also known as Helgafell. I didn’t get my act together fast enough. I missed whatever the guide might have said on the hike up and down the mountain. Just as well, as my pen was out of juice. So this is all based on memory.
Snorri Sturluson
After the lava falls, we stopped off to visit some land Snorri Surluson owned. Snorri Sturluson was a poet/historian/politician. Back in his day (1179-1241) it was kind of all one role. History was kept in the form of poetry. Lawmakers referred to history in their decision making. And Snorri was in the thick of it. He was a major land holder with seven chieftainships, five profitable estates, and an harbor. His first wife was an heiress.
Random Pictures of Iceland
I was originally planning on posting about Reykjavik today, as that’s where the tour started, but it looks like I will have to wade through several hours of recordings first. I ran out of time. So instead, I bring you a random assortment of pictures from the first few days of the trip.
On the Way to Iceland
Typically, my trip begins a day earlier than my mother’s. I have to drive from my place to hers. This is a 500 mile trip that typically takes me most of a day driving. Since I’m doing it alone, I generally get pretty bored. This year I got smart. I finally succeeded in setting up the app for my public library. I was able to download a combination of five ebooks and audio books. I listened to Fifty Shades of […]
Post Op Week 4
I’m doing fine. Still not real comfortable sitting at my desk for long periods of time, and no where near ready to crawl around on the floor for craft projects, but sleeping through the night and not hurting much. I find it a bit ironic that my handicap parking permit should arrive just as I’m reaching the point where I’m fairly confident about shopping on my own two feet. Pr-op, when I could barely stand to stand because of all […]
