tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48255912190862133622024-03-04T21:22:34.741-08:00JT's Travels & NeedleworkDaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-72649974503908624092022-12-16T04:34:00.026-08:002022-12-19T05:05:25.390-08:00Catania<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2id_y2xm9GqedAj8iem3zFFrMOCROdp9tx6Jr0cEUnzxKSQ0dR1-eqF3oei6c0BYfctD1SBuThq1dSvOXyFx1Y9tb94Yj9xsezLUOp3qnTcBrHlM0hB6yTSA6FYOHDMextFiAsnpPHWSbdiiAn8UPFOsUXwHqDrxBzU9Jgsb880UpHVhpscxb6lupw/s1734/28A2CC98-F638-443D-A984-C5FF6DA7C916.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2id_y2xm9GqedAj8iem3zFFrMOCROdp9tx6Jr0cEUnzxKSQ0dR1-eqF3oei6c0BYfctD1SBuThq1dSvOXyFx1Y9tb94Yj9xsezLUOp3qnTcBrHlM0hB6yTSA6FYOHDMextFiAsnpPHWSbdiiAn8UPFOsUXwHqDrxBzU9Jgsb880UpHVhpscxb6lupw/w566-h640/28A2CC98-F638-443D-A984-C5FF6DA7C916.jpeg" width="566" /></a></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-71814115196532316482022-12-14T09:34:00.046-08:002022-12-21T13:11:26.994-08:00Taormina<div class="separator"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Taormina is a great little hill town with lots of interesting things to see. The most important of these is Mt Etna which is gently erupting right now. This is what I can see </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">with my camera </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">from one of the piazzas.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKBevUbd6abNfUF5G5J6DSZmy_vWjMZMtAEHOFsf4IFj2am0zcl99unlsw2hNfCvmuIKFBV0LoNzzbWQ2Zj2DH4rnP5CveeD-wyBere3TxaRih833xCjHVBzaADodzupeRhURWr7AGzpgMFnQETk9aK5kJjSxkeOV1fDKcfO7MCZ8eQPqADbpUN18YQ/s2272/029F1415-A046-4898-9C31-176F7F53BCFD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKBevUbd6abNfUF5G5J6DSZmy_vWjMZMtAEHOFsf4IFj2am0zcl99unlsw2hNfCvmuIKFBV0LoNzzbWQ2Zj2DH4rnP5CveeD-wyBere3TxaRih833xCjHVBzaADodzupeRhURWr7AGzpgMFnQETk9aK5kJjSxkeOV1fDKcfO7MCZ8eQPqADbpUN18YQ/w640-h480/029F1415-A046-4898-9C31-176F7F53BCFD.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this is the picture Larry can get with his fancy-smancy camera.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0VCnLCd_MBFlxyhw90zyn_U5oVZe7jLfT-S3erPbwfzl0wH-_hSMgj5yKomWvZHVW7pbQvGlgpDfR0I5RoctqEB0NV1TH7HecWkeU6qO5FjxglU5sA_obA67p1bpbMsY6aVWgxiLYbVOoKtWojIHNxJoMdQlm6zCMRDbInderTmJaDbnCmgB3ckdcg/s1440/416812F7-71FF-4B05-A21D-DA9DD5D86019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0VCnLCd_MBFlxyhw90zyn_U5oVZe7jLfT-S3erPbwfzl0wH-_hSMgj5yKomWvZHVW7pbQvGlgpDfR0I5RoctqEB0NV1TH7HecWkeU6qO5FjxglU5sA_obA67p1bpbMsY6aVWgxiLYbVOoKtWojIHNxJoMdQlm6zCMRDbInderTmJaDbnCmgB3ckdcg/w640-h480/416812F7-71FF-4B05-A21D-DA9DD5D86019.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We enjoyed a wine tasting and lunch at a local winery today, Benanti winery, in the Mt Etna wine appellation. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ESVmnzteLW-XfZcwc6pvBPO8C_RTe1w_3wOlCwcNgz8V4ADN4-pnkx7wSMwdICKFHJp3GQwnOG4FW46uoIkZS16ifcmvdlu4ryqXA55EfTC5D-LpTO_TkD6L759RLPxpWLq3S9u-eCwekjev7Wv28izN4_rl7vCUkXPVPhEfEgC3FYaD6hiR110rrA/s1995/4FE16A54-BDBC-4EAB-AC03-267CC93006CF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1995" data-original-width="1689" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ESVmnzteLW-XfZcwc6pvBPO8C_RTe1w_3wOlCwcNgz8V4ADN4-pnkx7wSMwdICKFHJp3GQwnOG4FW46uoIkZS16ifcmvdlu4ryqXA55EfTC5D-LpTO_TkD6L759RLPxpWLq3S9u-eCwekjev7Wv28izN4_rl7vCUkXPVPhEfEgC3FYaD6hiR110rrA/w542-h640/4FE16A54-BDBC-4EAB-AC03-267CC93006CF.jpeg" width="542" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We really liked the wine. If you are curious to know more about these wines, check out these links.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.winetourism.com/wine-appellation/etna/"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://www.winetourism.com/wine-appellation/etna/</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2021/02/18/why-you-should-discover-the-red-wines-of-mt-etna/"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2021/02/18/why-you-should-discover-the-red-wines-of-mt-etna/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Taormina has some great street decorations.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgPgWCWO7A4ss_wBonvvZnu__yN5ULRzhq8NESQ2crvC7ScegGKEe0UZgRcH4-Ecm6Xl5noOAalLMDcpjHNeFBl9wp73PcHvUx4E2ICBKLcXHQOZoFIIYNIpogBdeCbIQm10BNxdzgPq0O7MtOcJKWdep3sJ02UOyFfKKN_sG3GOcoBmwBKgHvd-dSg/s2272/99FCEB07-23BE-4249-ACFF-72D4E125A6AB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We took a taxi there to have a look around.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tM5RZfMc6oKkHo7ATKXNPAx0-ZtIHuuOfZAE-Seu8pjPlUE4-KhIF3L0oqiqBSjkYFt7OUL3YvZOJABWtEErX1E6gD3R1PxqXmP5xkgp2Cjrbu6zeLzXi_fSSacy2S-RQ7xX-DfFSKxjMEORkkXqflbUQu7WM7Tio6IE8OCyXZc8vPn1uXhzglqrYw/s2272/81FD5E16-406C-4A93-B2A8-F76B1F1614A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tM5RZfMc6oKkHo7ATKXNPAx0-ZtIHuuOfZAE-Seu8pjPlUE4-KhIF3L0oqiqBSjkYFt7OUL3YvZOJABWtEErX1E6gD3R1PxqXmP5xkgp2Cjrbu6zeLzXi_fSSacy2S-RQ7xX-DfFSKxjMEORkkXqflbUQu7WM7Tio6IE8OCyXZc8vPn1uXhzglqrYw/w640-h480/81FD5E16-406C-4A93-B2A8-F76B1F1614A0.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Mount Etna in the upper left.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4iXl66E59r_e7Vi724AQUpFjseYH2qmIhMJY8dCThzLW3eeZ903ovvbj60FzSZCUKrFg84FyTzazKun7CXOyCB14TFhTUDX-2wjR5B3qr0_YJmuuq5eeRWTo-TqV5BiOV_M1ZWwlGUgkVYAAUvL--JCogIZUeCCktsttmFWY7o1ppW3cTguTAemWVw/s2272/CF845961-417A-4000-B967-89AD64343A44.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4iXl66E59r_e7Vi724AQUpFjseYH2qmIhMJY8dCThzLW3eeZ903ovvbj60FzSZCUKrFg84FyTzazKun7CXOyCB14TFhTUDX-2wjR5B3qr0_YJmuuq5eeRWTo-TqV5BiOV_M1ZWwlGUgkVYAAUvL--JCogIZUeCCktsttmFWY7o1ppW3cTguTAemWVw/w640-h480/CF845961-417A-4000-B967-89AD64343A44.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br />DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-10535768042878370312022-12-13T08:38:00.187-08:002022-12-15T13:25:17.917-08:00Ortigia<p> The island of Ortigia is the heart of old Siracusa. The Temple of Apollo is the first Doric stone temple in Sicily, from about 580 BC.</p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXyWAohXviUv9tCDO8hFroECV8T3C1hDdxr2Wuy0g67-a3yn5mo5plM1sEIbGrgRQ3O0QFqM_dBpVVgSEcRSnRoxVmRbMpfn6_U0f3QS5T8fOzl3n5-sQLyoTA1kS32KNhiJA4SDOE6ZvfUnOL6q07JcQodh3mi7hRw5eXa2broKbwAlqsmTYhFPfdw/s2272/28338BDE-07EC-4137-A99D-7DC56C993D06.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXyWAohXviUv9tCDO8hFroECV8T3C1hDdxr2Wuy0g67-a3yn5mo5plM1sEIbGrgRQ3O0QFqM_dBpVVgSEcRSnRoxVmRbMpfn6_U0f3QS5T8fOzl3n5-sQLyoTA1kS32KNhiJA4SDOE6ZvfUnOL6q07JcQodh3mi7hRw5eXa2broKbwAlqsmTYhFPfdw/w640-h480/28338BDE-07EC-4137-A99D-7DC56C993D06.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This fountain in Piazza Archimede is dedicated to Artemis the huntress. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxHm2emnTZOgk4ttKmndSK6r3BaN1sQF3wz16bsi_neAJwf8O0f_CO5fFsXwBEPiHv11M9lTYtxQ8jUP1O1jC4jq9zS35E8UbyLIC8UZFpprWwzWUlsbUEIoccp_W-dwomZZ6mxUs2xx4tU99Vqxi14ctkSLFwDcAyxoE3WkwxGdRSJJMM8_RoCIBaA/s2272/A3790594-A3D8-431E-8091-ECE55F12D9BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxHm2emnTZOgk4ttKmndSK6r3BaN1sQF3wz16bsi_neAJwf8O0f_CO5fFsXwBEPiHv11M9lTYtxQ8jUP1O1jC4jq9zS35E8UbyLIC8UZFpprWwzWUlsbUEIoccp_W-dwomZZ6mxUs2xx4tU99Vqxi14ctkSLFwDcAyxoE3WkwxGdRSJJMM8_RoCIBaA/w640-h480/A3790594-A3D8-431E-8091-ECE55F12D9BC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Piazza Duomo .....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wRgxy8wTH-tH_bg34SVeyn5afXJWHx7NpdlNx7Fvsv2T8qrIRcXw3ByRu4-fVUnPa5GDKXv9D9nFeXYYw6CkBZv8qix3uvCSkA3YV4Hye9js_-XPzle1XFF2IfvpzjXOOAI0TN3psTlJq8pOutyqT2gzhxktaYriDsjl8LQ38WjlNjDCyrtghK1KTQ/s2272/7A349035-DB19-4487-BF47-185186F0AE16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wRgxy8wTH-tH_bg34SVeyn5afXJWHx7NpdlNx7Fvsv2T8qrIRcXw3ByRu4-fVUnPa5GDKXv9D9nFeXYYw6CkBZv8qix3uvCSkA3YV4Hye9js_-XPzle1XFF2IfvpzjXOOAI0TN3psTlJq8pOutyqT2gzhxktaYriDsjl8LQ38WjlNjDCyrtghK1KTQ/w640-h480/7A349035-DB19-4487-BF47-185186F0AE16.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">.... is home to the interesting Siracusa Cathedral. The facade, from around 1750, was inspired by the Baroque churches of Rome, ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPfW_jRc0zVhVrmHaylDluoHD1iFDFYx2OrsYz-oDfk92fQmM2YKSGmuxQB-ONNpIfy3biw2-vAjiiVjUSG91jfaxo_LFR6q7pk2Nyb6OeCqzyaOrd5wEHt9bzm6jYhXr5k1hkm6xE1zIHg65pua1Sent32M0Fo9bfX2jBzzlcv5Mf1sf9KiX4OffJA/s1993/428C044D-1E0E-49E0-B3C6-3F081CF5B07B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="1479" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPfW_jRc0zVhVrmHaylDluoHD1iFDFYx2OrsYz-oDfk92fQmM2YKSGmuxQB-ONNpIfy3biw2-vAjiiVjUSG91jfaxo_LFR6q7pk2Nyb6OeCqzyaOrd5wEHt9bzm6jYhXr5k1hkm6xE1zIHg65pua1Sent32M0Fo9bfX2jBzzlcv5Mf1sf9KiX4OffJA/w474-h640/428C044D-1E0E-49E0-B3C6-3F081CF5B07B.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... but the structure was originally an ancient Greek temple with 6 columns at the front and back, and 14 columns on the sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0gKjEE8DvuTEwVlTFnEbEzk9oR0TRmcBKF5jqP96jpHiIPKyT_FaQ8pnnUCjbH9OnyfjiHvnVNUbbExMrZLVP6bmg9BtxjhW4al5kc4Bor11_kX6w2AdrBQEAzeUbOMUwT87VXrOjjpbNXbpfBdct1XcdYpcWBkjYWBwM8ZnRhtHNtfScsJY8GuDsg/s2272/76959A3A-F8D8-4456-8931-A8711C8453AD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0gKjEE8DvuTEwVlTFnEbEzk9oR0TRmcBKF5jqP96jpHiIPKyT_FaQ8pnnUCjbH9OnyfjiHvnVNUbbExMrZLVP6bmg9BtxjhW4al5kc4Bor11_kX6w2AdrBQEAzeUbOMUwT87VXrOjjpbNXbpfBdct1XcdYpcWBkjYWBwM8ZnRhtHNtfScsJY8GuDsg/w480-h640/76959A3A-F8D8-4456-8931-A8711C8453AD.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p>This diagram illustrates this with the Temple of Athena shown in red.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2b90eNgVenI9fnffscBGgx0Ovb4LNmp5UtT_qhKv_fNMy8x25pVkY9Otlp_aT_3L8XcToXkZV1bbpVto19wamjeSMPGTTAxrDQd8HJo1UzDxes3Ae0cwKsc_lfrU3CKAEX7Vp5MY5BlKMRKq-UzNRHOwkt_UeDzf-9YXtILmzjhASpbV_KvLo1XpNg/s2272/74E977E9-E1C7-466C-B37A-670A7E35DF45.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2b90eNgVenI9fnffscBGgx0Ovb4LNmp5UtT_qhKv_fNMy8x25pVkY9Otlp_aT_3L8XcToXkZV1bbpVto19wamjeSMPGTTAxrDQd8HJo1UzDxes3Ae0cwKsc_lfrU3CKAEX7Vp5MY5BlKMRKq-UzNRHOwkt_UeDzf-9YXtILmzjhASpbV_KvLo1XpNg/w640-h480/74E977E9-E1C7-466C-B37A-670A7E35DF45.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right next to the bay (which is on the other side of the walkway) is the fresh water spring that made the island a desirable place for settlement when the Greeks arrived in the eighth century BCE. The plants are papyrus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QlXriHnKI6erax2vFeJg9dBtg5TdyObwzWPY_uVZ946DXIMdfGg6kwIdwDw7N9_XMvTwsiHXravRvIEpanweskZx_xSSKxl0F7lRcsF72txq78jFhJ-BflIzPUAUYLgmU6lA1DUmcZFsKCc2fFyWT0tv6RmzqpoDa04H64CLNkB7GNLG9r8hrx-2OQ/s2272/EAF93E27-1F4D-4783-AA88-0AA80D7BCA6A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QlXriHnKI6erax2vFeJg9dBtg5TdyObwzWPY_uVZ946DXIMdfGg6kwIdwDw7N9_XMvTwsiHXravRvIEpanweskZx_xSSKxl0F7lRcsF72txq78jFhJ-BflIzPUAUYLgmU6lA1DUmcZFsKCc2fFyWT0tv6RmzqpoDa04H64CLNkB7GNLG9r8hrx-2OQ/w480-h640/EAF93E27-1F4D-4783-AA88-0AA80D7BCA6A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ortigia also has an impressive street market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fish ....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I7rCmLbNRQTqC94WuIt3n6TwmUDNrMTivLmmZZCYa_99JnwQRAuai93SVpUzVdTYFTE_Y9-XcdXz-kwb1e0e9xYA_or3op_xs0DWVbCQ8lrV7MuEoyOPldWo2nSF8Ar6_N2MlJTrFCH_N4-fMdKC9YhOVjsMTPPsNWy5AtNZhn7Wvi6lQfplBzByYw/s2272/32A65066-2FB3-4E88-834F-74BD7388F5B5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I7rCmLbNRQTqC94WuIt3n6TwmUDNrMTivLmmZZCYa_99JnwQRAuai93SVpUzVdTYFTE_Y9-XcdXz-kwb1e0e9xYA_or3op_xs0DWVbCQ8lrV7MuEoyOPldWo2nSF8Ar6_N2MlJTrFCH_N4-fMdKC9YhOVjsMTPPsNWy5AtNZhn7Wvi6lQfplBzByYw/w640-h480/32A65066-2FB3-4E88-834F-74BD7388F5B5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Vegetables ....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsheatsZcIG4_fmeR56FCxO0V5oh5M1FnO1FVju_JJSSg7d5egnvpq0K39dqpEUrbtxLnV9jta8xQuBzJhmjLzwGH4sTDk0khjyWIzfbPYjolj1aQloMsFXryRk9wHM0hql12PF1XFIVEwn22DKDGfJQ8R6zhNz5JqWWk7A7QBWBvgYzB3hIVc-Iq9vA/s2272/7083905B-E338-4F09-84A1-8D0DBF6F8506.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsheatsZcIG4_fmeR56FCxO0V5oh5M1FnO1FVju_JJSSg7d5egnvpq0K39dqpEUrbtxLnV9jta8xQuBzJhmjLzwGH4sTDk0khjyWIzfbPYjolj1aQloMsFXryRk9wHM0hql12PF1XFIVEwn22DKDGfJQ8R6zhNz5JqWWk7A7QBWBvgYzB3hIVc-Iq9vA/w640-h480/7083905B-E338-4F09-84A1-8D0DBF6F8506.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fruits ....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPCbaqKkErhp7j3j40-VBq0nA3BQM38gFYF_WrzQPtl42q_pEIBTf0MGQYt3BTX75NRd8tueFJuEnfF5SzUdilOdXJtHR5vRxPGJZmj42hE1RxzRaNjxHytaK5txq3zd-FAEJvP7YvQOkfXFQC2C9qMncnkI-12b1Ngge8vfUcGb1oo3oVFURTco4wg/s2272/2D804F98-1210-4341-8AEE-2CB6932A9023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPCbaqKkErhp7j3j40-VBq0nA3BQM38gFYF_WrzQPtl42q_pEIBTf0MGQYt3BTX75NRd8tueFJuEnfF5SzUdilOdXJtHR5vRxPGJZmj42hE1RxzRaNjxHytaK5txq3zd-FAEJvP7YvQOkfXFQC2C9qMncnkI-12b1Ngge8vfUcGb1oo3oVFURTco4wg/w640-h480/2D804F98-1210-4341-8AEE-2CB6932A9023.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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According to Rick:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">a rich and powerful Roman built a sprawling villa here and ornamented it with 37,000 square feet of exquisite mosaics. 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwu_FUzUUeMvx5D6ebTORltexTCYXq5AklK5YcMOZK9i3GRbUzxguASgsmbE1p4dcqxBktT51WZd-n1VPhmOputkPMWtLvb9_TCpVCBn6qTWo_TMg41xuMZyISVsVQAhBVmT-Pw3brEJRRDG2r0440sY3G880zZykYzbxvF7KAj93dLY2az6Rgp1ZOQ/w480-h640/F4737988-AB21-42AE-A2CD-25BEF05FE8CF.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>The museum also houses </span>a telamon, a stone giant from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the largest Doric temple ever constructed in the Greek world—as tall as a modern 10-story building. This telamon was just one of 38 sandstone figures that decorated the sides of the temple.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKxgl4LOngP4pTlzDgV7yTLjKlccubwVwAh6p3jZk-RuM2eoxKDaLkx7Nc1v7LIDSrvyWrPSblM4QQWdD-MrNqegxWeaIhPxDdh_mo0IyYag8xXR9xHYX0ybcRKR3omarvewMwGpzFKhTSgOa34J_Gt2lLBikKLjK195Pmmh-9JsSxTA4RhFDGVWhkA/s2272/EEC9A201-B7D5-4172-A2C8-F450619CBDD1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKxgl4LOngP4pTlzDgV7yTLjKlccubwVwAh6p3jZk-RuM2eoxKDaLkx7Nc1v7LIDSrvyWrPSblM4QQWdD-MrNqegxWeaIhPxDdh_mo0IyYag8xXR9xHYX0ybcRKR3omarvewMwGpzFKhTSgOa34J_Gt2lLBikKLjK195Pmmh-9JsSxTA4RhFDGVWhkA/w480-h640/EEC9A201-B7D5-4172-A2C8-F450619CBDD1.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This model shows where the Telamon would have been.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Temple of Heracles</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkfVzLinmPZ7We7wIcwKmZfsCfgypl-_PEa1vQM_x6ucVc0hif7y5m1KXMSg8gGfHkGhqaMJ6UdxGZczKkVoCKLG_vTiQjWmkSl1xTif4TOnNnhZBtcCz78TwFxxE3SlT_GGx57j4krwNgxusjJOYeliFwgoMoDbrMmdtFMAMQO-lvC1xnMzToAXutA/s2272/A645C4DB-56D5-43B1-A4F0-4D87C7E299BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkfVzLinmPZ7We7wIcwKmZfsCfgypl-_PEa1vQM_x6ucVc0hif7y5m1KXMSg8gGfHkGhqaMJ6UdxGZczKkVoCKLG_vTiQjWmkSl1xTif4TOnNnhZBtcCz78TwFxxE3SlT_GGx57j4krwNgxusjJOYeliFwgoMoDbrMmdtFMAMQO-lvC1xnMzToAXutA/w640-h480/A645C4DB-56D5-43B1-A4F0-4D87C7E299BB.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></p>Temple of Hera Lacinia</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49vNn7I0K5PNwWZieobUNvtdVdQ5LwOsixBYBDUFcoXdX44cGc1GdGxbC0MfVAO6Ah_oTmyqe7kWPm46yOVGPk2BsCnveSgj20ER1C9cuKTQtUTQAdZ61Xtf6uLBrsF_FozAQQffsHeI9lD8PZiit8kPpPzrbmA37GytUh0DvsniL0zFkqFQl2VQA6A/s2272/838C91B0-E91B-4499-BD92-28AE4D350AD8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49vNn7I0K5PNwWZieobUNvtdVdQ5LwOsixBYBDUFcoXdX44cGc1GdGxbC0MfVAO6Ah_oTmyqe7kWPm46yOVGPk2BsCnveSgj20ER1C9cuKTQtUTQAdZ61Xtf6uLBrsF_FozAQQffsHeI9lD8PZiit8kPpPzrbmA37GytUh0DvsniL0zFkqFQl2VQA6A/w640-h480/838C91B0-E91B-4499-BD92-28AE4D350AD8.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Temple of Concordia</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #202122; font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202122; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1I718RGo_UwBbv8bgfNmXrBOh4JIHR2zuDUfErS4rIPHr90P_ThPsQs_bhy05Mx0kueKkjVWPlHAL3Y1WceNWbx60qFi50aBQCrI6H_1TeRjmnANtzycRQjJ7SLcm_apk2piDl9l9wvWwkm6v94N9y-u5kaerMh5a1q4JvU0xIdAEpvpSBcsngD65wQ/s2272/C066EC7D-CC7A-4B5A-A793-B56B2029B3BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1I718RGo_UwBbv8bgfNmXrBOh4JIHR2zuDUfErS4rIPHr90P_ThPsQs_bhy05Mx0kueKkjVWPlHAL3Y1WceNWbx60qFi50aBQCrI6H_1TeRjmnANtzycRQjJ7SLcm_apk2piDl9l9wvWwkm6v94N9y-u5kaerMh5a1q4JvU0xIdAEpvpSBcsngD65wQ/w640-h480/C066EC7D-CC7A-4B5A-A793-B56B2029B3BD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then we went on to Trapani for the night where they sell marijuana in vending machines ...</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD-S3nrpOCvLdRHPuEzsup-BZ9d1jnUiLg5kbvxF4tljvhq1P0hgIoT2UdpcBckhkZzZx_Cl85yzfjcmx0Bu77gxNTmuBQpmOAXzG1sdxDR9C0iZ9TvUppzS-xUvF8FW6oMBkON7mSnGzTNjQD9t7Fbin9foAtcpTf7UH_QoZJF59NvAZWEKphVzB9Q/s2272/2431C10F-C6AA-4538-AA3F-985CFB87E620.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD-S3nrpOCvLdRHPuEzsup-BZ9d1jnUiLg5kbvxF4tljvhq1P0hgIoT2UdpcBckhkZzZx_Cl85yzfjcmx0Bu77gxNTmuBQpmOAXzG1sdxDR9C0iZ9TvUppzS-xUvF8FW6oMBkON7mSnGzTNjQD9t7Fbin9foAtcpTf7UH_QoZJF59NvAZWEKphVzB9Q/w640-h480/2431C10F-C6AA-4538-AA3F-985CFB87E620.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">.... have some great street decorations ....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #202122;">one of the major cities of the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elymians" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); animation-delay: -0.01ms !important; animation-duration: 0.01ms !important; animation-iteration-count: 1 !important; background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #795cb2; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0ms !important; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Elymians">Elymians</a> who were <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. Archeological ruins are its claim to fame.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTA73hS5NhTme8_ise_EQ6icukZNfsTI9M5BuNGBN9lJ4XWZPbW3YHQ4uxG-UKuW-VdWhKsmeSoT__H2Djb2YywDXtT2hh8H9AVjIUIky-ycRcGl4Osa190I-nqQhGO_4J5SkaTOJbgRFgaf5Hmafxhkcb2fKYR8ineU6Z40--UhJK2q0FdOiaR5CzA/s2272/3B1E99AE-B2FE-443B-BA00-E02B1D7C9910.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTA73hS5NhTme8_ise_EQ6icukZNfsTI9M5BuNGBN9lJ4XWZPbW3YHQ4uxG-UKuW-VdWhKsmeSoT__H2Djb2YywDXtT2hh8H9AVjIUIky-ycRcGl4Osa190I-nqQhGO_4J5SkaTOJbgRFgaf5Hmafxhkcb2fKYR8ineU6Z40--UhJK2q0FdOiaR5CzA/w640-h480/3B1E99AE-B2FE-443B-BA00-E02B1D7C9910.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv4iodF6JYKettTNXwi7Gbf0HACrYM2fKQ6C5FssMAPfH2GngbD5qBOohiMZkvcluI2v7McDBS6KxEkWcORMtiHB3UMlK5JmxtqDC0uJlncQgCEKA0tmKty7DCdcaTEfiy3snp8UWNPzw8bQ1oXhEktQjxsHutBqZeP3MliHENWUe3LXd-0U5RvnGCg/s2272/E36B37F4-EC29-4398-83D4-C8085B41DBD0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv4iodF6JYKettTNXwi7Gbf0HACrYM2fKQ6C5FssMAPfH2GngbD5qBOohiMZkvcluI2v7McDBS6KxEkWcORMtiHB3UMlK5JmxtqDC0uJlncQgCEKA0tmKty7DCdcaTEfiy3snp8UWNPzw8bQ1oXhEktQjxsHutBqZeP3MliHENWUe3LXd-0U5RvnGCg/w640-h480/E36B37F4-EC29-4398-83D4-C8085B41DBD0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZFR5RhQzoeXLXZfXEuRhln0QDIvcG7eQmuOGj0efDAm-sTwAoY7q7o7kI0Ko25vzAPKZ9eM_JvHFRqIidm5GW9KiExrp_dEdvQfl_JD9jI_dnluJ0mqU3Fcc50Fo074LP8ba28BnuFd0o9xio2B8U75jjipwB6UONl_YF14CW7nFUYGDDsnVUzafWg/s2272/B83025E6-390C-4021-89C8-C6F711454599.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZFR5RhQzoeXLXZfXEuRhln0QDIvcG7eQmuOGj0efDAm-sTwAoY7q7o7kI0Ko25vzAPKZ9eM_JvHFRqIidm5GW9KiExrp_dEdvQfl_JD9jI_dnluJ0mqU3Fcc50Fo074LP8ba28BnuFd0o9xio2B8U75jjipwB6UONl_YF14CW7nFUYGDDsnVUzafWg/w640-h480/B83025E6-390C-4021-89C8-C6F711454599.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Afterwards we drove to Erice to visit Pasticceria Maria Grammatico. Here we were treated to a buffet lunch followed by a traditional Sicilian pastry making lesson. Maria made one of her specialties: tette delle monache (“nuns’ breasts”).</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7AkBQDKCXUoEA45cwtpvQ7YSU_bFp1ss8GINZVIUYqD9AXiJjCvpXPOtZXcHz4AlcmvjOZKcP4-E1ulRVQAFHsY_gZ40hbhnYL5iqQIqhoGNNxxovVBXLvn1L7m3nQN8-rxHEgKwS7ho4dznsk7LMafFb7hjr052qnQakYJHxa8mB0Wg_uUD0xLNTg/s2272/B915F5C9-368C-4FB2-B057-E2648ED02720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7AkBQDKCXUoEA45cwtpvQ7YSU_bFp1ss8GINZVIUYqD9AXiJjCvpXPOtZXcHz4AlcmvjOZKcP4-E1ulRVQAFHsY_gZ40hbhnYL5iqQIqhoGNNxxovVBXLvn1L7m3nQN8-rxHEgKwS7ho4dznsk7LMafFb7hjr052qnQakYJHxa8mB0Wg_uUD0xLNTg/w640-h480/B915F5C9-368C-4FB2-B057-E2648ED02720.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">She also made another version of the almond-based pastry and some fresh cannoli. Yum!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYdyVqIvJJH7YXKMZo-0dM67ecWsrQzgB0WHC5fQY6w7_cMXm9W_HKqq5MFe_tR1LA84XvBvzBWHTGg0APWrG-PanCtNNJDvQAVVvbXoCpMXxIGnWUyGQd6unPAjgw1aAsm9_iHVukO-N81VnaLHMQOyLa0otuFnhaoZdHJjl7Hszs346o5QXceoqnA/s2272/CC4B9479-13C6-406E-9E85-DCFEABB853E2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYdyVqIvJJH7YXKMZo-0dM67ecWsrQzgB0WHC5fQY6w7_cMXm9W_HKqq5MFe_tR1LA84XvBvzBWHTGg0APWrG-PanCtNNJDvQAVVvbXoCpMXxIGnWUyGQd6unPAjgw1aAsm9_iHVukO-N81VnaLHMQOyLa0otuFnhaoZdHJjl7Hszs346o5QXceoqnA/w640-h480/CC4B9479-13C6-406E-9E85-DCFEABB853E2.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); 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This is the Palermo Cathedral.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9urCh_bhwmoh6V1q3TxNXd3XlgWHPFiHZ_YiNmOcL0I8fGsWu4Mm6s8WveuJbDcU6BY8c-x796h1RKGJ0hwGflropwFiFQE8aGOs3z_uN0qbK9qSCgHTUyx_u5Op_nvlcWq38ZVLTjJCIYX-NfuPFxIcyh1HmAIQIaFTSOfomFdmWAHD5qG8bYTct-Q/s2272/CDE7FCA2-2E5A-4B06-8354-3EB7758FF0D9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9urCh_bhwmoh6V1q3TxNXd3XlgWHPFiHZ_YiNmOcL0I8fGsWu4Mm6s8WveuJbDcU6BY8c-x796h1RKGJ0hwGflropwFiFQE8aGOs3z_uN0qbK9qSCgHTUyx_u5Op_nvlcWq38ZVLTjJCIYX-NfuPFxIcyh1HmAIQIaFTSOfomFdmWAHD5qG8bYTct-Q/w640-h480/CDE7FCA2-2E5A-4B06-8354-3EB7758FF0D9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhhzPRXfB62MLzTpC8qtURYb0cDA7TWj_r6z0HEjtqIfM3JD3rZdAPxIpXA9PHlVWpxgcGEMlEC3cXEP2i78saQ2HF4FJqh4oVrfn1yoGSxnIKEdzpMCthPj-zWiaziqWNAuDjHIwBaUaq0SNX1Cp5aSAJ_jK7ub-ZGxtEFim_FhcG9gEcY5dHAA2fw/s2272/5BC8854D-91F5-40E7-B26C-51B113E525CB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This detailed wooden model was used by the architect to win the commission. 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Christmas decorations are getting put up over the streets ...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65z-A4r4sfSB2thKKXTLU6sF3b0-c02AftiyKhzfPVOG14zFKucLdl9o0pej0FbUY-lvQBf8srpmH2a3UzGvs1q13hFqgikda0gzrg7M0y7Qk4rrEeVMQD-gLQvA4B9Dn_7z1DzOA3hO_hF8D5gRhwD81gq42V7m5HoOws6-DP_YHz8lYtLT2m-61ng/s2272/27B5BE78-602E-4BDA-8883-BF0BA199EBAC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65z-A4r4sfSB2thKKXTLU6sF3b0-c02AftiyKhzfPVOG14zFKucLdl9o0pej0FbUY-lvQBf8srpmH2a3UzGvs1q13hFqgikda0gzrg7M0y7Qk4rrEeVMQD-gLQvA4B9Dn_7z1DzOA3hO_hF8D5gRhwD81gq42V7m5HoOws6-DP_YHz8lYtLT2m-61ng/w640-h480/27B5BE78-602E-4BDA-8883-BF0BA199EBAC.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">...there are lots of tiny alleys ...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP5uAb3IEiz6iPbDP8dN_gtTmMqxHoX5eoEUMjPudnpNev82iZBLqc2IVz2A974lgtzuBO_On5n8Ckv4qfeiRpTenjCkOMHRz-A_d0fYmZa3cOcbqMw-OzjXUZA7XF3cvhbqiw6v5_hw3RQRw_K3vgr1J3UTsPOcbmXl0nd7WTtp2U9ZroC9lrgOkfQ/s2272/78DEA88A-5ED7-49EA-9217-BF2916519C18.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP5uAb3IEiz6iPbDP8dN_gtTmMqxHoX5eoEUMjPudnpNev82iZBLqc2IVz2A974lgtzuBO_On5n8Ckv4qfeiRpTenjCkOMHRz-A_d0fYmZa3cOcbqMw-OzjXUZA7XF3cvhbqiw6v5_hw3RQRw_K3vgr1J3UTsPOcbmXl0nd7WTtp2U9ZroC9lrgOkfQ/w480-h640/78DEA88A-5ED7-49EA-9217-BF2916519C18.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">...and these are the marble stairs up to our room.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9HPvXfbUjcATKgB9xQxpd-04UKY2tHV4zUDy9h2WDW0O-6l6xRRORbaUuOQ0FMJmGB2JTFtBf6VGt6Ld19pnuMuiQ8bs1JI3X01jR8pHHFeyG5XT2k5l2NVL8K-SMbxqp-lcpILZHivJSxXhO8Oe1hsBvZ31m5bwlBR-ALZoY5T_eC0WpTYF_mzn6Q/s2272/A36113FA-0933-4359-ADA1-C9B2DE5CFFAC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9HPvXfbUjcATKgB9xQxpd-04UKY2tHV4zUDy9h2WDW0O-6l6xRRORbaUuOQ0FMJmGB2JTFtBf6VGt6Ld19pnuMuiQ8bs1JI3X01jR8pHHFeyG5XT2k5l2NVL8K-SMbxqp-lcpILZHivJSxXhO8Oe1hsBvZ31m5bwlBR-ALZoY5T_eC0WpTYF_mzn6Q/w480-h640/A36113FA-0933-4359-ADA1-C9B2DE5CFFAC.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-68209671652706168942022-12-06T10:23:00.003-08:002022-12-06T10:23:25.882-08:00Palermo<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Continuing our exploration of Piazza Bellini, we visited the church of La Martorama (officially called Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio). According to Rick it "is a jewel box slathered in Byzantine-Norman mosaics—the oldest in Sicily. The core of the church dates from the 12th century. Over the centuries, the original church was enlarged with a Baroque extension at the front and back." Walking up the nave, you can’t miss where you step from the Baroque extension into the gilded mosaic-clad original core of the church. 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Sicily was transitioning from Arab to Norman rule in the 12th century, and this church blends both styles of architecture. The solid Norman walls are lightened with the three round, red, Arab-inspired domes on top. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzmg2wmquZa7stkwCkPytQZ7R6mR18qy31zNTTx7PrYxuz3zjnWp1TrQ5X-hSx1nJa78Gqg8_j4IYHvaKAHMxus6XFBf-RyP8TGsSnLzjukoQn4QarSKO0pJ6-WLkCe8NdyKPGzMW2QVK3zYBo1aC-wTf_AtztHN50tyVvNQc3M5tTQ2gDjqYUwlyrA/s2272/F7D55D25-A8F0-4D03-A18A-0D6B0F385540.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzmg2wmquZa7stkwCkPytQZ7R6mR18qy31zNTTx7PrYxuz3zjnWp1TrQ5X-hSx1nJa78Gqg8_j4IYHvaKAHMxus6XFBf-RyP8TGsSnLzjukoQn4QarSKO0pJ6-WLkCe8NdyKPGzMW2QVK3zYBo1aC-wTf_AtztHN50tyVvNQc3M5tTQ2gDjqYUwlyrA/w640-h480/F7D55D25-A8F0-4D03-A18A-0D6B0F385540.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-67368048790508739232022-12-05T14:10:00.002-08:002022-12-05T14:13:11.860-08:00Palermo<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Today we wandered around Palermo. Lots of great stuff to see. First up, the Fontana Pretoria, also known as the Fountain of Shame. The fountain, made of Carrara marble, was crafted in 1555. </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From Rick Steves' Best of Sicily book: The nickname “Fountain of Shame” comes from the nude figures—considered quite racy in conservative Sicily. To make things worse, the fountain was assembled right under the windows of the Dominican convent of Santa Caterina. Local folklore claims that the nuns tried dressing the figures, but to no avail. Eventually, they slipped out of their convent—chisel and hammer in hand—and chipped away some of the offending parts. The iron fence was added in the 19th century to prevent further “remodeling.”</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Xzb-tqQhTqr0u2zTqfgNKYJlYxgI0l0kfn8iL3OOvc1HWAXU3p8kELNbanRZnGNceueo_04vG8na9tvBJ0KT7V1Q0Y4DY0qewpMre0NXykMumh7YtoSkW0OjvHwSr2PJjamrM6MwJAPnqFb5R0a557Uqr8Tyg6_VPcRzUqYZ0_DJtGsyyVF9ZMWENA/s2272/D3892703-3A75-41C6-AC06-A0791313A123.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Xzb-tqQhTqr0u2zTqfgNKYJlYxgI0l0kfn8iL3OOvc1HWAXU3p8kELNbanRZnGNceueo_04vG8na9tvBJ0KT7V1Q0Y4DY0qewpMre0NXykMumh7YtoSkW0OjvHwSr2PJjamrM6MwJAPnqFb5R0a557Uqr8Tyg6_VPcRzUqYZ0_DJtGsyyVF9ZMWENA/w640-h480/D3892703-3A75-41C6-AC06-A0791313A123.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just up the street from our hotel is the Piazza Bellini. This tiny square is surrounded by three of the city’s most famous churches. 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(more on these later) and Santa Caterina—with a boisterous Baroque interior that’s a feast for the eyes (Rick).<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn8ybp6W4Uf8_pTiQEvYh0Ne6gzCJF1o6tfR-nA3Wd7DiwXXGNP8aoDUwjVwNaHYsxaAQ52t2Sxqsbuz3VdW5DCGsGtOQVQyyz-T4rGsluwxmwS-Fju0In1r2ZjYzhOca-5EVrQTxs8axhWJ9tlVmkAMxKCsRCNnsi_Xw7-h1K7GGAzSEgR3lGnj21w/s2272/2274C425-EC04-4889-9F76-D837FCE02B03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn8ybp6W4Uf8_pTiQEvYh0Ne6gzCJF1o6tfR-nA3Wd7DiwXXGNP8aoDUwjVwNaHYsxaAQ52t2Sxqsbuz3VdW5DCGsGtOQVQyyz-T4rGsluwxmwS-Fju0In1r2ZjYzhOca-5EVrQTxs8axhWJ9tlVmkAMxKCsRCNnsi_Xw7-h1K7GGAzSEgR3lGnj21w/w480-h640/2274C425-EC04-4889-9F76-D837FCE02B03.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And an amazing pastry shop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGLS_v6fGJ1y6Y8m0otHXHQSy-0oDfnawBkGbONe1f5Ano6ZrEoXP09pSHiRzWqHlQIst0lk52oDuywtRC6XnwLtCSRfytv219BJaMDdInwk7S5Wbh3NTZVFOoiyLq2WuJZl5RDbOlXjencUxGiNRdpfCvs_889RqKoSZVRIdfkFt0o8gVWCGnb87YQ/s2272/16F69C6C-FFF6-4AAD-BDCA-BD1C448A874F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGLS_v6fGJ1y6Y8m0otHXHQSy-0oDfnawBkGbONe1f5Ano6ZrEoXP09pSHiRzWqHlQIst0lk52oDuywtRC6XnwLtCSRfytv219BJaMDdInwk7S5Wbh3NTZVFOoiyLq2WuJZl5RDbOlXjencUxGiNRdpfCvs_889RqKoSZVRIdfkFt0o8gVWCGnb87YQ/w640-h480/16F69C6C-FFF6-4AAD-BDCA-BD1C448A874F.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Today we took a 3 mile walk along the beautiful <b>England Coast Path. </b> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHGGzFPlPorphQsilqf3t5Vpp7_TqypqqkXoHa3bskCqUTMMHN_-kYqbq7PDxclDtpNfdgtmvlUlB4cchl___-X1jAD7-C9WPl0Xfwnw0KSwgNPOohKB4ccggQ_jxj6sEfwMJJDBA5zeczVC4e0UUt5SEkIP9Ststkzl0ku4LEEvJ1qjMgTb7FO_8QQ/s3360/1394A438-609C-4D24-8D07-73A06E4A403E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3360" data-original-width="2922" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHGGzFPlPorphQsilqf3t5Vpp7_TqypqqkXoHa3bskCqUTMMHN_-kYqbq7PDxclDtpNfdgtmvlUlB4cchl___-X1jAD7-C9WPl0Xfwnw0KSwgNPOohKB4ccggQ_jxj6sEfwMJJDBA5zeczVC4e0UUt5SEkIP9Ststkzl0ku4LEEvJ1qjMgTb7FO_8QQ/w348-h400/1394A438-609C-4D24-8D07-73A06E4A403E.jpeg" width="348" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuELRrmAF9LBziAT-roNnnKHjwNFFCq642hy4W_Hsx770hhLUN7_s_jw8EPZm8-9eDfyHJCOSfeFRSLCOTvEDx2OukEWF6XB45iobQXXlzjN0HBtc8JTnRJnRAWcid-lLOYz1LRCng8kAz7pbVoECUlpYdPZJfKtGNVJFTt8Awh-1qWO0n-m_CR9fLmg/s4032/45553603-CAF7-41C7-B18C-4274B6DFA51A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuELRrmAF9LBziAT-roNnnKHjwNFFCq642hy4W_Hsx770hhLUN7_s_jw8EPZm8-9eDfyHJCOSfeFRSLCOTvEDx2OukEWF6XB45iobQXXlzjN0HBtc8JTnRJnRAWcid-lLOYz1LRCng8kAz7pbVoECUlpYdPZJfKtGNVJFTt8Awh-1qWO0n-m_CR9fLmg/w480-h640/45553603-CAF7-41C7-B18C-4274B6DFA51A.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From Wikipedia: <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 0ms; vertical-align: baseline;">England Coast Path</b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> is a proposed long-distance </span>National Trail<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> that will follow the coastline of England. When complete, it will be 2,795 miles (</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">4,500 kilometres) in lengt</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white;">h. </span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgml1K9kTqQ-Uweo1XKuVrO4kWOwn0dnMsF7hsEQL5vaCENz4ZEcUGJsOZGWHiOeD2DEJWt1LoGXHgqDlA0Yz_1ISYSng194F7P_g-DqImany7x59FFyGPmGwh7bci9l6Id_3MgFeFacbnMk5hA9O53Jv6JKYqKNVwxViiYcitn_XS4mzDF2Fmxkd8Rpg/s4032/29B48841-0A1A-40A7-AF58-F76AAEA6F87F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgml1K9kTqQ-Uweo1XKuVrO4kWOwn0dnMsF7hsEQL5vaCENz4ZEcUGJsOZGWHiOeD2DEJWt1LoGXHgqDlA0Yz_1ISYSng194F7P_g-DqImany7x59FFyGPmGwh7bci9l6Id_3MgFeFacbnMk5hA9O53Jv6JKYqKNVwxViiYcitn_XS4mzDF2Fmxkd8Rpg/w480-h640/29B48841-0A1A-40A7-AF58-F76AAEA6F87F.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Along the way we went by the Sandgate Castle, an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Sandgate in Kent between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's programme to protect England against invasion from France.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lFvyiXfX0ZPJf5ZN5CpffMq-7sCVjn2aBb5fjdnDjvXNvc0oRAZJVBvchmlT1vuRokP7BI6qW0Jzhd-XQFJdd7IaZ2x-glPBKyHVem6n-DCpbm5H4LO5blg0ClU8C3MUz1PIz1zffdllXQ2noYN5k-eeMGT3xdc5NpEyraPwVe44m3RjO9LLAZWwLg/s3150/14C3C767-1739-4649-ABF1-F9795D34472D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3150" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lFvyiXfX0ZPJf5ZN5CpffMq-7sCVjn2aBb5fjdnDjvXNvc0oRAZJVBvchmlT1vuRokP7BI6qW0Jzhd-XQFJdd7IaZ2x-glPBKyHVem6n-DCpbm5H4LO5blg0ClU8C3MUz1PIz1zffdllXQ2noYN5k-eeMGT3xdc5NpEyraPwVe44m3RjO9LLAZWwLg/w640-h614/14C3C767-1739-4649-ABF1-F9795D34472D.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will be flying to Sicily on Sunday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-63418261732328575252022-07-22T13:08:00.052-07:002022-08-02T11:20:36.994-07:00Reykjavik, Iceland<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> There is a lot of street art, both on the street ...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And that's it for this trip!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-17907743473879839962022-07-21T19:31:00.093-07:002022-07-28T15:26:05.839-07:00Reykjavik, Iceland<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Houses in Reykjavik have some interesting architecture. They range from small houses with corrugated steel sheet siding to some impressive concrete (stucco?) houses. Many (most?) of them have several curious features: </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">a very plain unassuming front door,</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">on the side of the house,</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">with several steps leading up to it, and </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">with little or no protection from the weather.</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I thought this one was awfully cute.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsX0Wp7IEVpGZHRVBkricn2rGic7LjP7aw1MotesI1GwPmYMwTErkuu96HMhnl51EHNlW2cbk-RoFtkqiTkWhSw_2x0NsVjoUPgTFo9usO4j5r9Lolpy5G0IQLnMcfk3r2zwYyLlMIH7B9ae6F9eyJWoW5i3n2FJkoxQCyHTCG5_1Nb7lLl95UyJ_EQ/s1929/DDADA901-9D4B-453B-A255-0D508F944150.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1929" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsX0Wp7IEVpGZHRVBkricn2rGic7LjP7aw1MotesI1GwPmYMwTErkuu96HMhnl51EHNlW2cbk-RoFtkqiTkWhSw_2x0NsVjoUPgTFo9usO4j5r9Lolpy5G0IQLnMcfk3r2zwYyLlMIH7B9ae6F9eyJWoW5i3n2FJkoxQCyHTCG5_1Nb7lLl95UyJ_EQ/w640-h506/DDADA901-9D4B-453B-A255-0D508F944150.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And this one has a lot of potential.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QlLB7HgD-_FTHxQddlJIHzoqzAweg08HhYJGgP62qpMS68LS1-omjIaZ5eEVfAgwyIIv1gH47hOaFc97R4tq39Q2fUet7oRc3AJ6mwPgnDtgskB1XSvFlVwKr4vf8iokHmfZJqBV6wyCsiiw9dFQDeSUPkfS7-L9b6PxnKkUiqnHikuiUO1Pc2bIMw/s1767/7D61CA15-4E25-4ECA-8971-E097BF1263B5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="1546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QlLB7HgD-_FTHxQddlJIHzoqzAweg08HhYJGgP62qpMS68LS1-omjIaZ5eEVfAgwyIIv1gH47hOaFc97R4tq39Q2fUet7oRc3AJ6mwPgnDtgskB1XSvFlVwKr4vf8iokHmfZJqBV6wyCsiiw9dFQDeSUPkfS7-L9b6PxnKkUiqnHikuiUO1Pc2bIMw/w560-h640/7D61CA15-4E25-4ECA-8971-E097BF1263B5.jpeg" width="560" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></blockquote></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-73361531256504335412022-07-20T03:14:00.227-07:002022-07-28T15:48:51.189-07:00Reykjavik, Iceland<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Reykjavik has several nice looking churches. This first is, Fríkirkjan, "The Free Church".</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t7TYD-Tl_f753UvBtcJNnG6PTYT3WBt1fhMFyMx2d0eH89Dedhyl5SIV-ftCdf5H-Ud3tMpNFhKi9VYfONZ88ZOiJg6GuUCsIwq1FuaLT-YcqIUUQjCBy9ob_Q3kr4l0GNxu0rs5SMVShiPemxPkWkPR8ivfXkLjPxS60xRpqPjaSGVDCy_FqHmrfA/s1591/DAD53B9C-7934-4CAE-A4BA-74F501BEE086.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1591" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t7TYD-Tl_f753UvBtcJNnG6PTYT3WBt1fhMFyMx2d0eH89Dedhyl5SIV-ftCdf5H-Ud3tMpNFhKi9VYfONZ88ZOiJg6GuUCsIwq1FuaLT-YcqIUUQjCBy9ob_Q3kr4l0GNxu0rs5SMVShiPemxPkWkPR8ivfXkLjPxS60xRpqPjaSGVDCy_FqHmrfA/w640-h566/DAD53B9C-7934-4CAE-A4BA-74F501BEE086.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>This is the Catholic Church, </span><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Landakotskirkja.</span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg-XgOlznys12JiTTMt5MD3KN-Oqbv8YWqH9Ih08LzW6MBkgX-AFARhVOt8AEgBCwjqQO_5PlhKNg3uMivbqsAd_3frvHy5YISsvu47G-PT0WRaibNBMYAeaRDVfV-beZ-zSBClbLXG9b6Anjm26chtcQFrfBvxAfN9VduveVjOfmuNnuf-l5mTvksg/s2081/855D1D2B-7C28-42E2-B8B0-FEA975874C94.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>This is </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Hallgrímskirkja, the Lutheran church.</span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QoyR_VxWanKkPpB2BG72BsADou6IadddUB9j3DYiExEnsk1ZdLmCZv7m9oGbJ-AzTgRhCA75Rgr8AXM2mGQDSxiJtt5S9KV8eBjCES5zLIMP6x2cQsvZ8LOlkJ9QmX05uDL6jS0Mk0GKEW0y4RXb33_r0enWg0cTFsI_6rB93v19WUOpNMCeVINcZA/s2272/75A71822-0E13-4DAD-ABDE-2855E346591C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTYS6q2FLYYs2KAIgpwVivEJUREgU5jlc4mf-yWsqrxAp0hBUPLbDqChJvOwtFZ51vTCFoYhXJEi8lZAAYJnmBl0u94Kjv-TLkcRDkzq_hbqg2_KeTdfbtbeYvz9bS9ZWmavdHTsZr-XffDWFw7ZvTdvG9zR4KcK6PpvdXOgsHE5cAwkQp8aUNnSZ2A/w480-h640/0ECADD07-3B21-4B23-ADA3-7EAD7A719224.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">While wandering we noticed this rather long queue forming (also notice the range of clothing from puffy jackets, hats and scarves to t-shirts) so we went to investigate.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Turns out, this was the hot dog stand made famous by President Clinton.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdPrOunMnivbZdrX-CXiPmQV5V6J6NrjdOA70r5kujAa5s-zB-9rg2eTmPRMTh1XCowUd2nICoSJnsXbmATqv5Sck2vvEPEM-WNLju56ptO-zz1FRHnI9Hw4c4YaUl6T_ucWs32ndiw7ahWqQjHrT55iEIoj-mm_1BjvrYvj-0tT6W91rNw6M33_gMQ/s1835/6247683F-25B4-4352-8006-BCB904205CC4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="1384" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdPrOunMnivbZdrX-CXiPmQV5V6J6NrjdOA70r5kujAa5s-zB-9rg2eTmPRMTh1XCowUd2nICoSJnsXbmATqv5Sck2vvEPEM-WNLju56ptO-zz1FRHnI9Hw4c4YaUl6T_ucWs32ndiw7ahWqQjHrT55iEIoj-mm_1BjvrYvj-0tT6W91rNw6M33_gMQ/w482-h640/6247683F-25B4-4352-8006-BCB904205CC4.jpeg" width="482" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Turf roofs are still popular.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsFUJx7ekauAjVlFLC_0nDx18IC7HLfbXpdRG8zKlMfaxEv1C_D8xeMsK4hySTcp5HDHM2bBn8bCvH3-elkVNWdZxDagvOY6eeO5ZpOAFoiYHcTIqHysB4_xurAoanu8eXuK8sFY4YHfMDRxEejQRq9kIM3wCk2zq0nR3ozpmcRurIRmhCYMX8SCsAA/s2272/35BA6F28-C6AD-4442-B31C-7C83D32F158C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsFUJx7ekauAjVlFLC_0nDx18IC7HLfbXpdRG8zKlMfaxEv1C_D8xeMsK4hySTcp5HDHM2bBn8bCvH3-elkVNWdZxDagvOY6eeO5ZpOAFoiYHcTIqHysB4_xurAoanu8eXuK8sFY4YHfMDRxEejQRq9kIM3wCk2zq0nR3ozpmcRurIRmhCYMX8SCsAA/w640-h480/35BA6F28-C6AD-4442-B31C-7C83D32F158C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 17.882352828979492px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-image: none; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Sun Voyager </span></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 17.882352828979492px;">is a sculpture </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 17.882352828979492px;">intended it to convey the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. It is located along the waterfront.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQFjj7ZPNZARPUb2KKOfiQm36UBbPHENHh7xLdcdQObNhOcKxDb2P_LvPOfR0gA_iTv8X31SSOykGjm4hS6xewx2GxM76xuTi9Tsu65Rsk9rEoy_8tR3b7dgbZ18ztqeSk1gdpxSv6XxU-wMHuPiY9l4hiI98nR91_2aUbBi6_j7_Jnk7SddvLop9yw/s2272/3C12BA23-EAAD-49FD-BA19-78DB4D784444.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQFjj7ZPNZARPUb2KKOfiQm36UBbPHENHh7xLdcdQObNhOcKxDb2P_LvPOfR0gA_iTv8X31SSOykGjm4hS6xewx2GxM76xuTi9Tsu65Rsk9rEoy_8tR3b7dgbZ18ztqeSk1gdpxSv6XxU-wMHuPiY9l4hiI98nR91_2aUbBi6_j7_Jnk7SddvLop9yw/w640-h480/3C12BA23-EAAD-49FD-BA19-78DB4D784444.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div><br /></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-38917330523400205932022-07-19T18:47:00.105-07:002022-08-02T11:32:21.318-07:00Reykjavik, Iceland<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> We spent two days wandering around the National Museum of Iceland. There were a lot of interesting things to look at. Two of my favorites are:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">St. Olav, King of Norway - He is depicted in the armor of the 16th century. He holds his ax <i>Hel </i>("Death") and his orb of office, as he tramples the devil in the form of a dragon, symbolizing his victory over paganism. (I've never seen a dragon with a head like that!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVm6B9f63acRES_I6VrdXwQ_AWnyMKr6Z2L7F43duYtxB-y8uUuRjNoSm3_WoY3kcYDe3UuQ6sijACzoOHHf9gkNe7chRHhyd6EnK7yd9oxr3cLqiV2M6x7jev1ZwSpBzjrNVMWMXFiAJjThDsiOEUBUdvrgMTvmdwW_H7zQl52mBGZskE9T2I0xANQ/s2262/29EE1200-833F-4D50-8482-7437AC188A92.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="1278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVm6B9f63acRES_I6VrdXwQ_AWnyMKr6Z2L7F43duYtxB-y8uUuRjNoSm3_WoY3kcYDe3UuQ6sijACzoOHHf9gkNe7chRHhyd6EnK7yd9oxr3cLqiV2M6x7jev1ZwSpBzjrNVMWMXFiAJjThDsiOEUBUdvrgMTvmdwW_H7zQl52mBGZskE9T2I0xANQ/w362-h640/29EE1200-833F-4D50-8482-7437AC188A92.jpeg" width="362" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And a Memorial Tablet (the family portrait of the time).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINrN6W3J21qbxTh2rWC4nKynve9FeFd0uvMy6nFFVGrp1_Zfef7r_PTPLw7q1KkGOW8v-5BosWbFauKQ6VcFz6FLTPB42jJIr4YooPiwLuCJRCVzN5wCWIYC8pWoG9IbO9t4Pa12cJM21HUDFnNIQn76yKBDztvm7KTTs4qcv3pSjqZS2mjYIHUw5FQ/s1443/88EA375E-AC2A-4FEC-A1C2-CDB966BEC183.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1477" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBD1sC3fjpSHQsDEGsrxfInKhEowZoNYY1TKuHpNZyFQQ1ek2EJWHVPCJlr4Ymr5ar76tLZEcAcZVJkg3F7GgtCXbaGPbCpEf0j20jzuwLrTKUfIbdsW_6owppdHrGjnk8-EFUXqzff5Y-20OZ5HpkFkAOJoRoEW5F3ps-LsVQTeP2Cw9UNsrupIYxVQ/w432-h640/EAFE103F-B8DB-4D97-AFDD-46652F809C20.jpeg" width="432" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He apparently had six sons and six daughters. At least the wife and children have their names written under their generic representation. (click on the picture to see a larger version)<br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>An interesting fun fact about Iceland: </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(41, 25, 19); color: #291913;">The horses of Iceland are a so-called gaited horse breed. This means that most Icelandic horses have two extra gaits to offer besides walk, trot and canter/gallop. All horse breeds have these three natural gaits and can perform them without training. The extra gaits that set the Icelandic horse apart from other breeds are called tölt and flying pace. To learn more about this, head to this website:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(41, 25, 19); color: #291913;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.horsesoficeland.is/the-icelandic-horse/gaits">https://www.horsesoficeland.is/the-icelandic-horse/gaits</a></span><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-60535952671948200922022-07-18T12:22:00.245-07:002022-07-21T13:07:16.809-07:00Reykjavik, Iceland<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Sadly, we were politely asked to leave the ship this morning. Bummer!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We wandered around Reykjavik for a while to get familiar with the city. This is the Coat of Arms for Iceland:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXL7LuB5R7r5_VTzAMDhbtsCLOu9sAimPkXojeTxziKaM023okcOHtyX08-02iLHBB9czwgE4UqiK5OFMu9hjN9RwRIk5wF7AdQVLJ6cznPwldqqM_suYT4ZGZ-IRPb2uQRsF4eq74R0micKuXT-5ZLAS9WE0qp-IrvaanQG0ls2zYgLqZI7QL28VsFw/w480-h640/0BB00058-E482-4FBC-A33D-B5E00F7CF46C.jpeg" width="480" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And fromWikipedia: </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">The </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">coat of arms of Iceland</b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> displays a silver-edged, red cross on blue shield, alluding to the design of the </span>flag of Iceland<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">. It is the only national arms to feature four </span>supporters<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">: the four protectors of Iceland (</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">landvættir</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) as described in </span>Heimskringla<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">, standing on a block of </span>columnar basalt<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> The </span>bull<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">(</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Griðungur</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) is the protector of northwestern Iceland, the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #6b4ba1; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Eagle (heraldry)">eagle</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> or </span>griffin<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">(</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gammur</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) protects northeastern Iceland, the </span>dragon<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> (</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dreki</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) protects the southeastern part, and the rock-</span>giant<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> (</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bergrisi</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) is the protector of southwestern Iceland. Great respect was given to these creatures of Iceland, so much that there was a law during the time of the </span>Vikings<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> that no </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longship" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #6b4ba1; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Longship">ship</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">should bear grimacing symbols (most often dragonheads on the bow of the ship) when approaching Iceland. This was so the protectors would not be provoked unnecessarily."</span><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We figured out how to find the street our hotel was on by looking for this sandwich board on the corner of one of the main streets.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMVHfvRSEqNGmijb_yCmFcaTQMlA2z_oJtkED122kVy0pHOhFniKE3MV5nB_Npe7UxP3AldGv_hVrk3NfuUp1GLG1EH91LVzoQHNi5Ev-McGrucmaIABcFOguppVILESPoO2eOyV8kGgi8wTvRHhSgOYiyYIFm15xtkzZH8STYwnKOaFwFhacCMA3Ag/s1946/B40BC0A8-BCE2-4164-B888-8E4EB999DA24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="1364" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMVHfvRSEqNGmijb_yCmFcaTQMlA2z_oJtkED122kVy0pHOhFniKE3MV5nB_Npe7UxP3AldGv_hVrk3NfuUp1GLG1EH91LVzoQHNi5Ev-McGrucmaIABcFOguppVILESPoO2eOyV8kGgi8wTvRHhSgOYiyYIFm15xtkzZH8STYwnKOaFwFhacCMA3Ag/w448-h640/B40BC0A8-BCE2-4164-B888-8E4EB999DA24.jpeg" width="448" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />We saw advertisements for some very unusual food.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumt9dxd-a1PV7BOZCe7ZgEG1xqzWCck_V1WdYyDnpc1BHjgTFMehcJjfSKP2jZxa-YsLf74YbLlMT6HE6ugFAgzjsXTtvzSpI_tZwAyYRxDsl_IEdfVzNLx1Dh8eYeujt2i2eE3deK0HrGXf0wyOymufwl1u-sTxeSASBs-qxzgj5rUc3288I9RQdWQ/s1374/BCDB2330-6209-494A-8BA0-D72922003F45.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="1374" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumt9dxd-a1PV7BOZCe7ZgEG1xqzWCck_V1WdYyDnpc1BHjgTFMehcJjfSKP2jZxa-YsLf74YbLlMT6HE6ugFAgzjsXTtvzSpI_tZwAyYRxDsl_IEdfVzNLx1Dh8eYeujt2i2eE3deK0HrGXf0wyOymufwl1u-sTxeSASBs-qxzgj5rUc3288I9RQdWQ/w640-h108/BCDB2330-6209-494A-8BA0-D72922003F45.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And also experienced sticker shock at the prices of meals. We purchased our lunch at a museum cafe.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRgOumGgeqNjGTbLsWL47-2IsQHmoT8d4J109xLXJ2metUmH6d8iVWzACUvIuISbgFxZpDwMILsbyjBdcok2lSIAJmE_UZ-5rZEYOMWgDx1xNM5z4YLeyONwIPSklLPwcjO2VtlltG3yERN1xSewgQqL2v_ej6hcXkh9KqaawgtcvJXR10TcSrsu1Hw/s2018/1E70BDF1-02A6-495D-AD56-A034DBCF7BC2.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="2018" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRgOumGgeqNjGTbLsWL47-2IsQHmoT8d4J109xLXJ2metUmH6d8iVWzACUvIuISbgFxZpDwMILsbyjBdcok2lSIAJmE_UZ-5rZEYOMWgDx1xNM5z4YLeyONwIPSklLPwcjO2VtlltG3yERN1xSewgQqL2v_ej6hcXkh9KqaawgtcvJXR10TcSrsu1Hw/w640-h538/1E70BDF1-02A6-495D-AD56-A034DBCF7BC2.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Two sandwich wraps and two beers cost $33!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is the menu for a restaurant we walked by.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFrDIRTTuT1XWNhU6VIiGncFIOhaiieNirkYLldyujsDmpJ3WaruQxPDcor5lBhGarv3h-2om07KXix9V5KpelUrFLbL5ixj4fkYSkvpG1H9eZ1yFnTMJjW0pF-lyVTiBW4iNIzWAGVe9CObOORHyLuPttAbjk6bVZdZ9Jiuo3Stw8MH9qwR4Rtn_ZA/s1457/60B557C1-8FE4-42D6-9618-2657995DB744.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="876" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFrDIRTTuT1XWNhU6VIiGncFIOhaiieNirkYLldyujsDmpJ3WaruQxPDcor5lBhGarv3h-2om07KXix9V5KpelUrFLbL5ixj4fkYSkvpG1H9eZ1yFnTMJjW0pF-lyVTiBW4iNIzWAGVe9CObOORHyLuPttAbjk6bVZdZ9Jiuo3Stw8MH9qwR4Rtn_ZA/w384-h640/60B557C1-8FE4-42D6-9618-2657995DB744.jpeg" width="384" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To convert from Icelandic Kronor, keep in mind that in Iceland they use the period rather than the comma as the thousands separator so we would write the cheeseburger with fries as 2,500 Kr. Rather a startling figure! But when you convert it to US dollars at a rate of 1 Kr = 0.0073 USD the cost becomes $18.25! Yikes! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We like the commitment to recycling. This is a street trash bin with a holder for drink containers so they can be recycled.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nFeZaC5JrjjT9c-skGdDeagOw1DCMN3MFg_jg775mifGAqjHYDTrtD8GCNBSxSfC-T34yq-4iOpFJZF65cRSxzGxmf8Epsjeg6LgwNsGXuIczYOvJ0Vz5sLGR0rTnK6GgB11Of7peA63p7K5hUBj39eal7FpHjr7cbU6QCd7DJbJ6fzqbvkeKq7Bsw/s1896/38CF5734-D010-4163-B062-82E15A669580.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="1146" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nFeZaC5JrjjT9c-skGdDeagOw1DCMN3MFg_jg775mifGAqjHYDTrtD8GCNBSxSfC-T34yq-4iOpFJZF65cRSxzGxmf8Epsjeg6LgwNsGXuIczYOvJ0Vz5sLGR0rTnK6GgB11Of7peA63p7K5hUBj39eal7FpHjr7cbU6QCd7DJbJ6fzqbvkeKq7Bsw/w386-h640/38CF5734-D010-4163-B062-82E15A669580.jpeg" width="386" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We saw this sign so decided to have lunch here.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8fDH4yhuhgSyOf64XVL_1WrMgPfiWqVWC31UprJ6XHrOvRGWP7Vz_5UqT6Xme3-7XUtevwXuz1AjE5csFmYpTXbcYtZXosKlbAgq-3xBqMNW7IbWsNrzIpmcDA3tsWU8JhFreK85ZXNMWEgD_vp-QETiFBnWXfmG25OwDVf7TCRr4dECaTCAKcNyLg/s1941/383ADA0D-E94F-42EE-A3C5-FDF13DA372BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="1314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8fDH4yhuhgSyOf64XVL_1WrMgPfiWqVWC31UprJ6XHrOvRGWP7Vz_5UqT6Xme3-7XUtevwXuz1AjE5csFmYpTXbcYtZXosKlbAgq-3xBqMNW7IbWsNrzIpmcDA3tsWU8JhFreK85ZXNMWEgD_vp-QETiFBnWXfmG25OwDVf7TCRr4dECaTCAKcNyLg/w434-h640/383ADA0D-E94F-42EE-A3C5-FDF13DA372BD.jpeg" width="434" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We thought the pizza was pretty much generally not bad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>This is the Islandic 5000 krona bill. </span>When I saw the picture with the needlework I wanted to know more.</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobAebVSpOjq4CkSA9zhSi9gfxlu424rJ7KpHDJlMUg7nKnXFmNSpMKHOwSk5CGx7eHx8yHs2MLbvKXim_4qg_KcrUm-BDTmhljFaXm50uLyAMVCNn-t79lVRFGHnL0lUSFvnSgh8ReH7rqSFPGjsFmgcDmGUaHO_elkIaD6TBBWV4Dv8cotUuoMEDmw/s3828/10DBA8E7-7973-4879-B7F1-411E0E64A257.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="3828" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobAebVSpOjq4CkSA9zhSi9gfxlu424rJ7KpHDJlMUg7nKnXFmNSpMKHOwSk5CGx7eHx8yHs2MLbvKXim_4qg_KcrUm-BDTmhljFaXm50uLyAMVCNn-t79lVRFGHnL0lUSFvnSgh8ReH7rqSFPGjsFmgcDmGUaHO_elkIaD6TBBWV4Dv8cotUuoMEDmw/w400-h193/10DBA8E7-7973-4879-B7F1-411E0E64A257.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK6kS-eIKzsapP28w5DQ-h8R5MOTFYKXtvMxvzRyTTzzx9Nq9e6FU8UrYBUFsJy7Jq13UhkbGzrHP8KI5oUWruJVZMZb7Vr_bD8YnZc_eS1v0htrXG8KkqmNtmtc04cmNvQlmSz1mJmH8A2CYaik469DW3W-_Ho5Rm7g4HHrUb-dIq7OsWF0CQSrmVw/s3771/CC3EED2F-4415-4D10-BFA7-8981853FD4DB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="3771" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK6kS-eIKzsapP28w5DQ-h8R5MOTFYKXtvMxvzRyTTzzx9Nq9e6FU8UrYBUFsJy7Jq13UhkbGzrHP8KI5oUWruJVZMZb7Vr_bD8YnZc_eS1v0htrXG8KkqmNtmtc04cmNvQlmSz1mJmH8A2CYaik469DW3W-_Ho5Rm7g4HHrUb-dIq7OsWF0CQSrmVw/w400-h188/CC3EED2F-4415-4D10-BFA7-8981853FD4DB.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>On the front is </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">(1646–1715) a wealthy patron of the arts and an expert embroiderer. O</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">n the reverse she is shown instructing young women in embroidery. Introduced in 1986, it was the first Icelandic banknote to depict a woman.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This statue is called The Faceless Bureaucrat. It is located near City Hall. Icelanders have a great sense of humor.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OtsDiaF6J9OnjTupXdk7-0h_8pG4Opa2GL8of_1zG5VKoSWeGvQRsXjFVUhwgYBZ3biFwXfOvvCl3CKRiBCsY3Et4JOPCWCPU76AfzuY95Y8oOVgywr8hSFaid7ouuE8DQGYnH1cLYb3kTZ-mkMwdDOepjpttNP8PjCZzQeZ9W91qZpfwL2UaCWz8w/s1966/6D7FBA66-9F0A-4C52-997A-255C3F82AA66.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="1088" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OtsDiaF6J9OnjTupXdk7-0h_8pG4Opa2GL8of_1zG5VKoSWeGvQRsXjFVUhwgYBZ3biFwXfOvvCl3CKRiBCsY3Et4JOPCWCPU76AfzuY95Y8oOVgywr8hSFaid7ouuE8DQGYnH1cLYb3kTZ-mkMwdDOepjpttNP8PjCZzQeZ9W91qZpfwL2UaCWz8w/w354-h640/6D7FBA66-9F0A-4C52-997A-255C3F82AA66.jpeg" width="354" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-64576598580229322432022-07-17T11:26:00.009-07:002022-08-02T11:18:50.161-07:00The Golden Circle, Iceland<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today we were on an 8 hour tour of what is called the "Golden Circle", the most popular tourist route in the country.</span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our first stop was at Thingvellir National Park, the only UNESCO World Heritage site on the Icelandic mainland, and one of the three stops on the Golden Circle sightseeing route.</span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Two of the greatest attractions in the park are the exposed North American and Eurasian tectonic plates; it is one of the only regions in the world where you can see geology such as this on land.</span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is the view towards the Eurasian tectonic plate from standing on the edge of the American plate.</span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi536VdHgWKtqG0-nQGzylijNnB05alga4SXBtYTJwWI8kV-ptNxrco_WkhixpaDZLMSJjz2OP0K34ZNl1KqhzzxiRZzfOyyDcJjDPU9YJIy6cN_sdbgLLhyKcgNxvNbzoNJlNKOyzKm_IUwNnaEi9wgKOsb5YLCVJbE8ccDP59r0QEeg8WjOZ2dp01og/s2272/E876ACD3-ACA3-4261-BFDC-799BFEA49FEC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi536VdHgWKtqG0-nQGzylijNnB05alga4SXBtYTJwWI8kV-ptNxrco_WkhixpaDZLMSJjz2OP0K34ZNl1KqhzzxiRZzfOyyDcJjDPU9YJIy6cN_sdbgLLhyKcgNxvNbzoNJlNKOyzKm_IUwNnaEi9wgKOsb5YLCVJbE8ccDP59r0QEeg8WjOZ2dp01og/w640-h480/E876ACD3-ACA3-4261-BFDC-799BFEA49FEC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> It is also here that the world’s first democratically elected parliament (that remains functioning) was formed in 930 AD.</span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is a glimpse of some of the amazing scenery. The picture above was taken from the top of the path in the picture below.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2zkRNWb8SF_ZFNePcK4wSIDSvxOgQW0RnUpH6BYxUyj5QlyA9Ei0obEKToNLMC-f7fGIoOhp0twbP_7_Lyc9znfjTxxdcCHWrnt85Ai_wsxbvLkqPeYbExXDEQa_536sKuzLPzfmvXtmh_LcKSVAqeHO26W1EZP94CTN4ia27iBrnbYJF2VJsa9b-A/s2272/3A176A12-8DE6-4DDA-BFD5-DCDD9B4421A2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2zkRNWb8SF_ZFNePcK4wSIDSvxOgQW0RnUpH6BYxUyj5QlyA9Ei0obEKToNLMC-f7fGIoOhp0twbP_7_Lyc9znfjTxxdcCHWrnt85Ai_wsxbvLkqPeYbExXDEQa_536sKuzLPzfmvXtmh_LcKSVAqeHO26W1EZP94CTN4ia27iBrnbYJF2VJsa9b-A/w640-h480/3A176A12-8DE6-4DDA-BFD5-DCDD9B4421A2.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our second stop was at the <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gullfoss (‘Golden Falls’) waterfalls</span><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">. </b><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The water in Hvítá river travels from the glacier Langjökull, before cascading 32 meters (105 feet) down Gullfoss’ two stages. </span><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">The first, shorter cascade is 11 meters tall (36 feet), while the second drop is 21 meters (69 feet). The canyon walls on both sides of the waterfall reach heights of up to 70 meters (230 feet). </span><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">In the summer, approximately 140 cubic meters (5000 cubic feet) of water surges down the waterfall every second. This is the first cascade as seen from the top of the canyon.</span></span><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSJ8tFTGpJxBu6FPpXjwrejMltI6DSIEO0Yfj97msTz7HXQFGUYX2vU_fK4U_ToNjnib4bp1CVNKeErLnrdWGTVXxp0-cEpJrPZp5nXp8I1u5U902S8z0QBwApQSZ_RWTfOqR-JHKHYRKu4K4x5MC0iCnMrFG72cVLRWCP5PAVek2pxWWJe8sRsnwRw/s2272/2F318888-3542-42C4-AE13-4072E2789D63.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSJ8tFTGpJxBu6FPpXjwrejMltI6DSIEO0Yfj97msTz7HXQFGUYX2vU_fK4U_ToNjnib4bp1CVNKeErLnrdWGTVXxp0-cEpJrPZp5nXp8I1u5U902S8z0QBwApQSZ_RWTfOqR-JHKHYRKu4K4x5MC0iCnMrFG72cVLRWCP5PAVek2pxWWJe8sRsnwRw/w640-h480/2F318888-3542-42C4-AE13-4072E2789D63.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We did not have time to climb down to see the second cascade (and most of us preferred not to get drenched by the spray) so this is a picture from the internet of what we missed.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SJfrbTNbkFB7GqZGYulKY_1yC9R8vFsYgsXCGnO2mf3u9Cpyg19LY3hi-CxSR3LoPiSVXl6bi7IXlmU4E9nud1BtiWjoNqPg_hsjN5wkLpBO34IEyyl-8ho9lSxoNQeI_ifIGXsGNpaa9qkY4Asi1dpHOIBjIIvIifz05nnB0GZrzPJLJwjckz20CQ/s883/E02CD322-C8D0-4A1B-A417-31F6936A4BE2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="883" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SJfrbTNbkFB7GqZGYulKY_1yC9R8vFsYgsXCGnO2mf3u9Cpyg19LY3hi-CxSR3LoPiSVXl6bi7IXlmU4E9nud1BtiWjoNqPg_hsjN5wkLpBO34IEyyl-8ho9lSxoNQeI_ifIGXsGNpaa9qkY4Asi1dpHOIBjIIvIifz05nnB0GZrzPJLJwjckz20CQ/w640-h426/E02CD322-C8D0-4A1B-A417-31F6936A4BE2.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to Wikipedia: Sigríður Tómasdóttir (1871–1957) was an Icelandic environmentalist whose activism helped preserve Gullfoss waterfalls, protecting it from industrialization. She is widely seen as Iceland's first environmentalist and is memorialized on a sculpture near Gullfoss.<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMWDLEXIfSB8ihhobieyHFU26Ma_0iCrF7Tp_ysch-ywabkGtabDYpcdfkwktlM09XZkorvzjqYgsrrth5EAt7S-B-ooNHQeLbyNv7QWNxJx1LDXk5sJdWgDhGqV7_B-u9xpriWOhMf97dMbKUkYlWh1pgZSnwzS6ZNMEhsURBd7yyZCDlIyd0WMZ4A/s221/Sigridur%20Tomasdottir_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="195" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMWDLEXIfSB8ihhobieyHFU26Ma_0iCrF7Tp_ysch-ywabkGtabDYpcdfkwktlM09XZkorvzjqYgsrrth5EAt7S-B-ooNHQeLbyNv7QWNxJx1LDXk5sJdWgDhGqV7_B-u9xpriWOhMf97dMbKUkYlWh1pgZSnwzS6ZNMEhsURBd7yyZCDlIyd0WMZ4A/w353-h400/Sigridur%20Tomasdottir_s.jpg" width="353" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">The third stop was at </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Geysir, the famous hot spring in the geothermal area of Haukadalur Valley.</span><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"> </b><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Geysir is most well-known for having lent its name to geysers all around the world.</span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsigArOHzm0AFWNwrfFZbx16jRwFHwe4bBPhfY6_UYXGRTkHIlgBXqtOEKK_6znVrwtlbT9m3pPyv6qRWrtJpimO1nk1X6CFfBY2ooLLqxGXMnx7PiUV7GgqE2il2UF-7GHEfNWt3GSqIxXnrwa7cOZTiYe0jRR0tCj51L3cK9YylrlxbLN_P_oy3Eow/w640-h480/BF40C1BA-2538-4950-A6E8-407549A05031.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"> <br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This geyser is named Strokkur. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_aMQKcPFq72qcAjFpeUi_1tAmcm08psIF0FDQsLwv6eOMQj4fN3YtaSKPCFix18u3-uGqAZ48cavrvcPUtA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the information board at the site. The English translations are below the Icelandic. Click on the picture to see a larger version</span>.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1rGpe5Wd6oW1WbtbXmCI21v0x_5ZmSi6Kd-h_wpaERQe0fcKVdnTZcpV_mzVc1APN_R5AXASEiBHxBxiaubJeeIQ6m5ybsDTB097Hc6lVn4Ow6vVpky_C8aE1C2mxHRFMBGECJxAxTtbXEWDWvzzqWZipczIDZE8an3QMGkehx-V7Vp3M_Fy4GgpMQ/s3648/0C13C334-1DEA-4253-8FF3-A75B0798732F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="3648" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1rGpe5Wd6oW1WbtbXmCI21v0x_5ZmSi6Kd-h_wpaERQe0fcKVdnTZcpV_mzVc1APN_R5AXASEiBHxBxiaubJeeIQ6m5ybsDTB097Hc6lVn4Ow6vVpky_C8aE1C2mxHRFMBGECJxAxTtbXEWDWvzzqWZipczIDZE8an3QMGkehx-V7Vp3M_Fy4GgpMQ/w640-h518/0C13C334-1DEA-4253-8FF3-A75B0798732F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p></div></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-84016948199231097742022-07-16T11:04:00.126-07:002022-07-19T14:36:47.722-07:00Ísafjörður, Iceland<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today we had a scenic drive around Ísafjördur, the principal town of the Westfjords peninsula.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p4pezhhiBoY88Mz52AHDHoZIClcxQHFR4mBkWato94OFqgII-4d1rguBesraqAemWVj_h_nM-Oqp8NBbAEGYJU-VguwJSdVjTRZk13siEz5S3bipGxZm8FLjSgSBxJN_4DCV0GlsA9GV8XuY_TAW-LLt3r1Fu4VwRXGqB_ut5SmhI6lKByIk82raHw/s1487/BA9B7DAB-8DC2-44DD-833F-2B52668850B7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1487" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p4pezhhiBoY88Mz52AHDHoZIClcxQHFR4mBkWato94OFqgII-4d1rguBesraqAemWVj_h_nM-Oqp8NBbAEGYJU-VguwJSdVjTRZk13siEz5S3bipGxZm8FLjSgSBxJN_4DCV0GlsA9GV8XuY_TAW-LLt3r1Fu4VwRXGqB_ut5SmhI6lKByIk82raHw/w640-h582/BA9B7DAB-8DC2-44DD-833F-2B52668850B7.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The fishing industry has traditionally been the main occupation of the town and is still important today. Our first stop was at the Ósvör Maritime Museum, a replica of an old fishing outpost which is reminiscent of the old days of rowboat fishing until the beginning of the 20th century.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtgRmE8hEo-ecAk2hnU_Di-1EwpKhWRRNx_PS_lGoDyxYGM362euG-s2RRV4u7rgd3AEqzAK2sURiHHmCg7kYJNBTdw8W7V7rEA-pZgfJkyOUPoNzMACElauL0eih6KI0p1j1g8Q_e-goEEblxncMa8dtdKb551fYecm_vgDM4F5fqJ4-LzFnqIy5VQ/s2272/F415A16F-8CD3-4993-B515-BA999559DDB2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtgRmE8hEo-ecAk2hnU_Di-1EwpKhWRRNx_PS_lGoDyxYGM362euG-s2RRV4u7rgd3AEqzAK2sURiHHmCg7kYJNBTdw8W7V7rEA-pZgfJkyOUPoNzMACElauL0eih6KI0p1j1g8Q_e-goEEblxncMa8dtdKb551fYecm_vgDM4F5fqJ4-LzFnqIy5VQ/w480-h640/F415A16F-8CD3-4993-B515-BA999559DDB2.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is a typical outfit worn by the fishermen. The clothes were made of sheepskin for warmth and the shoes were made from cowhide to protect the feet from the sharp rocks. On display were also crew huts, a salt hut, and a drying hut.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx2J8MLqmfBqOZ57AqgMEQCVpbU3XvjtlINYR-NPP3PdelnQuGKO3bh72IRqGFEi1jDbOGgCceO8Mop7MW16EPipekjKiG6CzO1qRRlyRaHGYQMGC7298V1S733_urPlv_7-Ph81GIGt1wlDie95IwdF0TabJ9b3Eqh19skqIq-quGLNg5EvFMBQEJA/s2272/C8C8B50B-486D-4C21-B019-DA4F84A2098B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx2J8MLqmfBqOZ57AqgMEQCVpbU3XvjtlINYR-NPP3PdelnQuGKO3bh72IRqGFEi1jDbOGgCceO8Mop7MW16EPipekjKiG6CzO1qRRlyRaHGYQMGC7298V1S733_urPlv_7-Ph81GIGt1wlDie95IwdF0TabJ9b3Eqh19skqIq-quGLNg5EvFMBQEJA/w640-h480/C8C8B50B-486D-4C21-B019-DA4F84A2098B.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RAfb__-DHxBiKV1XIokPHTJCtwMdhi6hBSJUjqaUHElNeTncFTfbo2lvQ90rEtVrH9SZoRrYOZV6G4HQST4B1SS5qRn4dRAH9zzApUCttDJJhgzgponcO9_Psf8RuYcXvp_AUFstuPmvqN3FPaplbfKP5a7wcX6pBuJGBgBpL0TPShxBz81z8aOQ9w/s2272/EA6FDC53-0C9E-483C-8CF8-56D07B50C265.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RAfb__-DHxBiKV1XIokPHTJCtwMdhi6hBSJUjqaUHElNeTncFTfbo2lvQ90rEtVrH9SZoRrYOZV6G4HQST4B1SS5qRn4dRAH9zzApUCttDJJhgzgponcO9_Psf8RuYcXvp_AUFstuPmvqN3FPaplbfKP5a7wcX6pBuJGBgBpL0TPShxBz81z8aOQ9w/w640-h480/EA6FDC53-0C9E-483C-8CF8-56D07B50C265.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The drying hut ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQsAIHy4Gg0HLKO-xe0xYebEZY8VHufjW-SS4ziYab3tHkmQv2rflOeWvInroB83HIQ91COloPyNlFbajUag4aLUPA0NAKj3JPWydHCXlO3oMX6ViB4siIJjIeUj7M3_V3PPV-6k2NG6lmXOPQVjWp0URJAM9tiW2G4u0nNUzLfM5_RJvJp8qHW99Zw/s2272/FCF759D9-BD60-46EC-8FD3-E41DC873C500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQsAIHy4Gg0HLKO-xe0xYebEZY8VHufjW-SS4ziYab3tHkmQv2rflOeWvInroB83HIQ91COloPyNlFbajUag4aLUPA0NAKj3JPWydHCXlO3oMX6ViB4siIJjIeUj7M3_V3PPV-6k2NG6lmXOPQVjWp0URJAM9tiW2G4u0nNUzLfM5_RJvJp8qHW99Zw/w640-h480/FCF759D9-BD60-46EC-8FD3-E41DC873C500.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And since no field trip would be complete without a waterfall .... this one is just a short distance from town.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsCs-iZkVimibwuGTO7X9cotYmEQFLhtFfkFspb_0QveqKm7_0T8-fA3X8Q-zHMuD97zQY3dd5nhS9mr_7hNCy1IGKbVlAlTdHTnTe-UTywsml7Dyyh_GOBKuteHfpXAcJBAIjh45_wJJgxK1DWdiMJlr3ouMDtIorpJZOldLTTLaoXX_dq_H-WB5Wg/s2272/24F6F75A-C8FE-4033-8692-CE4E0C27615B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsCs-iZkVimibwuGTO7X9cotYmEQFLhtFfkFspb_0QveqKm7_0T8-fA3X8Q-zHMuD97zQY3dd5nhS9mr_7hNCy1IGKbVlAlTdHTnTe-UTywsml7Dyyh_GOBKuteHfpXAcJBAIjh45_wJJgxK1DWdiMJlr3ouMDtIorpJZOldLTTLaoXX_dq_H-WB5Wg/w480-h640/24F6F75A-C8FE-4033-8692-CE4E0C27615B.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Also just outside of town is <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.10000000149011612px;">Naustahvilft, also known as a </span>troll seat. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(87, 77, 77); color: #574d4d;">A troll seat is a large depression in the mountain where a troll </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(87, 77, 77); color: #574d4d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">obviously </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-13778078623386665672022-07-15T11:00:00.002-07:002022-07-31T16:46:39.042-07:00Akureyri, Iceland<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Early this morning on the way to Akureyri, we sailed above the Arctic Circle. We even have a certificate to prove it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CVLi5MVGevp0LNteTFoX9Tyq3dQzKEaNN1Ra07Pt_i27LC1ciH7pBZgJO0jrFxxEaolQFmegP0R7ylVKdctc7jNHiHbRGY8kZM69u6jTJHWbHNUfsRoKEi6mOXvnU8AQpioNRGklxWnzfwy-wcUhh8KCHrWDD1Kd1H_TvLy69c-dlddEQX2YM2NX3A/s3307/9CD709B6-73C8-429F-8718-DA7C45355F5B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2285" data-original-width="3307" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CVLi5MVGevp0LNteTFoX9Tyq3dQzKEaNN1Ra07Pt_i27LC1ciH7pBZgJO0jrFxxEaolQFmegP0R7ylVKdctc7jNHiHbRGY8kZM69u6jTJHWbHNUfsRoKEi6mOXvnU8AQpioNRGklxWnzfwy-wcUhh8KCHrWDD1Kd1H_TvLy69c-dlddEQX2YM2NX3A/w640-h442/9CD709B6-73C8-429F-8718-DA7C45355F5B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Akureyri is a very cloudy town, averaging only 1,029 sunshine hours annually, with barely any sunshine between November and February (which is also due to the town's location less than 100 km from the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-image: none; border: 0px none; color: #6b4ba1; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Arctic Circle">Arctic Circle</a><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. [wikipedia] During our stay the sun set around midnight and rose again about 3 am (thank goodness for blackout curtains!).</span></span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Akureyri has been heated geothermally since the late 1970s. The w</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">ater temperature is generally 65 to 75 °C (149 to 167 °F). There is a large outdoor swimming complex in town and rather than heat the water in the winter, it has to be cooled all year round to be usable. </span></span></div><div><br /></div>Today's excursion was to Godafoss Falls, aka, "Waterfall of the Gods". Very impressive! The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 40 feet/12 metres over a width of 98 feet/30 metres.<br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1Lj59149HIyxtXj9AVvaRIKj5d6jqQS7Kacz5WzSNHMwV2N1u8JoO6aojcxqYBgWLocohtTXhsp_I4TKfQijRFVVMTkQJlZgY-KjthxQHbIDjD31W2iaPKdjD_aYCbCIE1YnApa4mU3YcGxusKxu8oN_vtqFp3G96N-6Bq06POURmX2DN4pClTjwqQ/s2272/2476C222-1CB7-45A8-90D9-D5215D028400.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1Lj59149HIyxtXj9AVvaRIKj5d6jqQS7Kacz5WzSNHMwV2N1u8JoO6aojcxqYBgWLocohtTXhsp_I4TKfQijRFVVMTkQJlZgY-KjthxQHbIDjD31W2iaPKdjD_aYCbCIE1YnApa4mU3YcGxusKxu8oN_vtqFp3G96N-6Bq06POURmX2DN4pClTjwqQ/w640-h480/2476C222-1CB7-45A8-90D9-D5215D028400.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1n68M32Ieu6Eu5otS0jctBju4M5WlNX1dSWaT7wXr8eUFYJtNX0KEhN8hTUirs6PtzHofzk71y-mqqxzHHCQ375AtpGlggUF9YnyHWjdMRyHBT8H9NWLbyhHXbAt-bYHTiZLIyvh98pluuDkIIecYIWQykt8PVUS0bMs0CCTzEnDYWJ82m4d0INa9xw/s2272/6AC03B8C-55BB-4575-B5B2-E5F461594695.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1n68M32Ieu6Eu5otS0jctBju4M5WlNX1dSWaT7wXr8eUFYJtNX0KEhN8hTUirs6PtzHofzk71y-mqqxzHHCQ375AtpGlggUF9YnyHWjdMRyHBT8H9NWLbyhHXbAt-bYHTiZLIyvh98pluuDkIIecYIWQykt8PVUS0bMs0CCTzEnDYWJ82m4d0INa9xw/w640-h480/6AC03B8C-55BB-4575-B5B2-E5F461594695.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggscSoBJ4WJvIVNnVBfT47YW5wLNWoOLbCdW15-DcReM6TH3viYFw2POSC5h5MyrY41o7nGeTg7LRk1YwE112Xtyh8niniO6FkfsEZ74rSNr0UbuAR1SoOcGRTbMz58kCIcv6k8ASuSyLNpcvIOWSQdsm1uuB--vhzjkc34NaWsIm6kFs4b9dfYzCZCQ/s2272/3A213FB4-26A2-4E30-B8DE-5C4A5BE7CCB3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggscSoBJ4WJvIVNnVBfT47YW5wLNWoOLbCdW15-DcReM6TH3viYFw2POSC5h5MyrY41o7nGeTg7LRk1YwE112Xtyh8niniO6FkfsEZ74rSNr0UbuAR1SoOcGRTbMz58kCIcv6k8ASuSyLNpcvIOWSQdsm1uuB--vhzjkc34NaWsIm6kFs4b9dfYzCZCQ/w640-h480/3A213FB4-26A2-4E30-B8DE-5C4A5BE7CCB3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(56, 44, 20); color: #382c14; font-family: "Freight Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Despite the hardships of winter and the economic uncertainty after the financial meltdown of 2008, the city of <a class="destination-link place-destination-link" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/akureyri-iceland" style="box-shadow: rgba(204, 180, 141, 0.6) 0px -2px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Akureyri </a>was determined not to lose spirit, and adopted a unique strategy for beautifying the city and boosting citizens’ morale: installing tiny, glowing hearts inside of all the traffic lights. [Atlas Obscura]</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(56, 44, 20); color: #382c14; font-family: "Freight Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKckGOvt8OlBVbwT2nCcE9IhLEXJ-Hpkh8FKzFIdG5wiTtyBeEO1E3DhkApUrtz5hEi1FcOuBzv3w7na7YUJgGMGNaAFpHu3VpGt2GT9LnCDB-xagU8qNZP6gS1CncmJzKpQ6vUuzMRtQdaS2U_h5l1YztE4mZDcOLo6NFd7P0ZT76Cs_FIJqwH52tLg/s1280/802B5463-8190-467A-91F6-F801A67BEFB8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKckGOvt8OlBVbwT2nCcE9IhLEXJ-Hpkh8FKzFIdG5wiTtyBeEO1E3DhkApUrtz5hEi1FcOuBzv3w7na7YUJgGMGNaAFpHu3VpGt2GT9LnCDB-xagU8qNZP6gS1CncmJzKpQ6vUuzMRtQdaS2U_h5l1YztE4mZDcOLo6NFd7P0ZT76Cs_FIJqwH52tLg/w640-h426/802B5463-8190-467A-91F6-F801A67BEFB8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And I leave you with just a glimpse of some more of the stunning scenery in this area.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NjnR7V-vUk_2epszVEquqRaiyUVCUNnOx1tjdoSWO17z0aAIvGdMmyp_Lc_WUAu6H_L9t1U0eueT3Nk7ZN6wolH6RKNwwis6qAzkH5z-zgiqknOyYeh_NvCMXV8Cvvfx9iJNV1ga8hD0OAttyq0SK2kxIKwGusw4tASKyr5jqd5jhxSPdFiPFy2p4Q/s2272/D6AC1573-3EDB-4E76-B941-6650885F4A5E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NjnR7V-vUk_2epszVEquqRaiyUVCUNnOx1tjdoSWO17z0aAIvGdMmyp_Lc_WUAu6H_L9t1U0eueT3Nk7ZN6wolH6RKNwwis6qAzkH5z-zgiqknOyYeh_NvCMXV8Cvvfx9iJNV1ga8hD0OAttyq0SK2kxIKwGusw4tASKyr5jqd5jhxSPdFiPFy2p4Q/w640-h480/D6AC1573-3EDB-4E76-B941-6650885F4A5E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>DaZinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984308548360473183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825591219086213362.post-5123660287082379872022-07-12T08:16:00.006-07:002022-07-31T16:32:39.222-07:00Seyðisfjörður, Iceland<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Yesterday was our scheduled day at sea so it was rather uneventful until later in the afternoon when the wind and the rain increased dramatically. Eventually we were told that the conditions were too dangerous to try to dock at the Faroe Islands so we would have to proceed to Iceland instead. This morning we pulled in to <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156;">Seyðisfjörður for the day. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156;">This is a small town with an interesting history. </span></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">The first telegraph cable connecting Iceland to Europe made landfall in Seyðisfjörður in 1906, making it a hub for international telecommunications well past the middle of last century. In 1913, a dam was made in the main river, harnessing power for the country's first high-voltage AC power plant together with a distribution network for street lighting and home use, also the first of its kind in Iceland.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpBt8iq3wDQQhkAPODzZJqTBfFnVIryxWFvW1jyWQBjAKLCTkTsnOjIBM1yp5-18hj2A4iMJo7V6pGOHUWUDtaa2Vy57QiI0dxR7hr_zwMGu022bLRdM14GcUydmiUKm--ZzEEa3nuAsO5uzuwedOFGKMAeyjNDKezmgeb9FwffvW5g3z17-RddExVw/s2272/02D0D126-BD4C-4817-AD6A-60CA991E748B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was created using knitting and/or crochet by Kate Jenkins from the United Kingdom.</p><p>This one is titled <i>Crab and Chili Linguine No. 2</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5-AUqVqtrtuAl3N4JCIQjcluv2W99kN0kTUo85AT9kqPlJRceLpn1FxLcBREBHeXa4l9owfPf0j03XqhrOr2IaQ75BO3jbZI3gLjVaO1b8o0puPyxuObpraU2Xu5Nqnodg2Z4yi-1_yf7ORtG_DY-lMuN9kDPUl--LIYAYFuxTQ7gPiMuUi_qB4JuA/s4032/IMG_000624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5-AUqVqtrtuAl3N4JCIQjcluv2W99kN0kTUo85AT9kqPlJRceLpn1FxLcBREBHeXa4l9owfPf0j03XqhrOr2IaQ75BO3jbZI3gLjVaO1b8o0puPyxuObpraU2Xu5Nqnodg2Z4yi-1_yf7ORtG_DY-lMuN9kDPUl--LIYAYFuxTQ7gPiMuUi_qB4JuA/w480-h640/IMG_000624.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Then there is <i>Knitoise Salad</i> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We started off with a helicopter ride (!) through the Geirangerfjord. 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