With the lifting of many of the COVID-necessitated travel restrictions in 2022, I’ve been fortunate to resume some of the travel experiences that I’d put on hold. I had quite a concentration of them in the spring, some of which I wrote about earlier. March–over the spring equinox–was a grand time to visit Belgium. My … Continue reading Janus–looking back
At last. On our ninth trip to Iceland and my third attendance at Iceland Noir (2013 and 2016 were the earlier ones), we saw the Aurora Borealis just as we walked out the door. My husband and our daughter had strolled over to the Frikirkjan to meet me at the end of the Friday night … Continue reading Traveling for books
Dr. Sue Ellen Holbrook introduced me to the Icelandic sagas and Vikings in 1975 while I was her student at Temple. I was hooked, and I longed to go to Iceland, but even with the well-known bargain airfares on offer then, I couldn’t afford to go–or perhaps I was too timid to take the chance. … Continue reading It’s further than we thought
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