Category: Europe

Vigeland Park

On Wednesday, July 16, we went to the Sculpture park created by Gustav Vigeland, a famous sculptor of the late 19th, early 20th century. He created 212 sculptures for this park as well as...

Munch and Lunch and Other Things

We decided to start our day by visiting the Munch Museum on Tuesday, July 15. What a bad decision! So we knew The Scream was not a happy work of art, but we hadn’t...

Walking Tour of Oslo

We decided to go on a walking tour on Monday, July 15. We are supposed to meet our guide next to the tiger near the Osló Central train station. Since we were there, we...

Oslo Street Art

It feels like we’re part of an art project. We can see the Museum of Modern Art across the way, but it also seems like we are a part ot this museum. Here’s a...

From Iceland to Norway

Gail and Cathy went to downtown Reykjavík the day before we left Iceland, Friday, July 11. Gail and I parted ways with Ken and Cathy at Keflavík Airport on Saturday, July 12. They headed...

Return to Reykjavík

Thursday, July 10, began with an incredible sunrise (at 2:30 AM). Gail was up (amazingly) and recorded these photos. We left our best Airbnb ever about 10 AM. With some critters bidding us farewell...

Kirkjubæjarklaustur

Tuesday, July 8, we decided to go to Kirkjubæjarklaustur, a small village northeast of here. Only 500 people, but it has a few restaurants, a grocery store and a couple of waterfalls. Instead of...

Black Sand Beach(es)

Reynisfjara beach is the most famous of Iceland’s black sand beaches, but there is another in the area, closer to Vik, called Víkurfjara Beach. On Monday, July 7, we decided to visit both in...

To Vik …

On Sunday, July 6, Gail and I rented a car and headed southeast. We passed some marvelous countryside. We got few photos because… We stopped in Selfoss to get a few photos Of the...

Someone Told Me It’s All Happening …

… at the zoo! That’s where we decided to go today (Friday, July 4). Reykjavík’s zoo is unusual since its animals are all from Iceland. No lions, elephants or tigers. Just horses, sheep, goats....