Themes seem to emerge with each travel experience--sometimes intentionally, sometimes serendipitously. Our recent trip to Reykjavik developed a literary theme, unexpectedly. Our original plan had been a one-day stop in the capital and then a few days in the north and then a day or two back in Reykjavik before returning to the US. Plans … Continue reading A Room with a View
The second day of Icelandic summer found us strolling leisurely around the warm springs at Sky Lagoon, ducking under the waterfall, hanging on the infinity pool wall, dipping into the cold pool, and returning rapidly to the warmth of the lagoon waters. The first day of summer, based on the old Nordic calendar, occurs in … Continue reading City of Literature
It’s back to Iceland for Susan and me for another literary festival. I was rather a late-comer to the pleasures of academic conferences and literary festivals. Amid high levels of self-induced anxiety and full teaching schedules, I presented a couple of papers at academic conferences, after which I found it’s much more enjoyable to simply … Continue reading Literary Festivals–a reason to travel
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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