Yesterday was a day of driving from the interior of Iceland to the west coast. The weather changes constantly, even with just a slight elevation change. Dry to rain to snow to hail to dry all day long. We went through a 6km tunnel and some of us were a little uncomfortable near the middle…

Wednesday, we started the day by visiting Hatioartonleikar Lutheran Church. We were able to go to the top and see the city–that’s the beautiful picture of Reykjavik rooftops that Amaya took and posted on the blog. It really is very different than the area we are staying in where there are so many 1970’s-style apartments….

The plane flight from Seattle to Reykjavik goes over Manitoba, Hudson’s Bay, Greenland. When we were renting our 4×4 (so we can drive the “ring road” in winter), Ken mentioned that his family were Icelanders from Canada and also mentioned Gimli, Manitoba, which she recognized right away. “Groups of Icelanders go there every year to…