Just about a week before we leave for
Iceland. We already had a crisis about Vladimir's passport. And where to stay - another crisis.
Everything resolved for now. We are going to stay at the Hotel Atlantis in Reykjavik. Still have to pin down a hotel in Paris.
Yesterday we took care of the train from Paris to Tours. Also rented the car.
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Hey there Mairtìn, . . .
I have bookmarked your blog here and am anxious to see and read all about your trip. . . terribly exciting.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Mairtin,
So excited you are going to Iceland. Watch out for the very strange moonscape when you arrive in Keflavik where the airport is. And also if you can make it to the Blue Lagoon and the Great Geyser (I'm sure you already know about them). I've also been to an island off the coast (which I will try to remember the name of) where you can see houses half covered in lava since the last eruption in the seventies. There is also an island which just appeared after an eruption then too.
Maybe you could remind us of dates you will be in different places or did I miss that in your itinerary. Looking forward to seeing you all.
be sure to see the NY Times article from Last Sunday's Travel sectio. Cover story and nice pictures. I have it if you cant get it on line.
Vestmannaeyjar is the island I've been where I saw the lava covered houses and I think surtsey just appeared in the seventies...
Hi Mairtin!
How exciting!!! You guys are going to have such a fun trip! Remember to eat many crepe's in Paris and check out Arc de Triomphe (many steps and narrow/swirl up!!), Musee du Louvre. If you want to do some shopping check this site out http://www.magicparis.com/champselysees/En/commerces.htm REMEMBER to hold onto your belongings super tight! I have heard of bag/pocket snatchers are big all over Europe.Have a blast!!!
hugs and kisses
Jag
I am particularly interested in the Irish course you mentioned. You said Donegal. That's where Irish is still widely spoken, right? Have you learnt Irish before?
-Piet from Scope and Sequence
There are three parts of Ireland where Irish is still widely spoken (in all there are about 70,000 native speakers). Donegal is one of those major dialects. I learned Irish at school (as an ILL). Ilike going to Donegal because it is so remote (only 200 miles from Dublin but about six hours by bus) and because it is so archeologically rich. Check out the links in the Ireland section of the Itinerary Sidebar. I have a link to Oideas Gael which is the Summer school that I will be attending. You might also check out the two Irish-language radio stations that you can stream:
Raidio na Gaeltachta and Raidio na Life.
thanks for sharing Mairtin, I want one day to take a similar trip with my family.
You have a nice school blog also and I can tell many hours of work documenting school events.
Gracias, Gloria
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