places unexplored

Today I leave for Iceland! It will be my sixth trip to the Land of Fire and Ice.

Iceland’s tourism board has a new tagline to attract future tourists. Iceland. Better than space. “NASA agrees: the agency has repeatedly used Iceland as a stand-in for the Moon, and it’s doing so again as it prepares astronauts for new missions off-world.”

My experience traveling around Iceland is often “other-worldly”.

At other times, it’s magnificent beauty.

My friend and I are traveling first to Snaefellsnes peninsula. Several years ago on an Iceland trip, our plans were changed at the last minute. Severe storms in Houston and then Atlanta, caused us miss this place on our trip.

Now we shall look and see what I expect will be – beauty-colored vistas.

Here’s a clue until I get there.

From the Snaefellsnes peninsula we will journey north and west to the Westfjords.

My friend and I arrived in Chicago for a 8 to 9 hour connection flight to Iceland. We are hanging out in the fancy lounge in the Chicago airport, awaiting our 9:30pm flight. I’ll be glued to the window hoping for northern lights.