Alsguth Travel Blog

 Hello - I, like you, thought that I was done regaling you with our exploits in Iceland.  After all, we had nothing more booked. Wasting no daytime (of which there was very little with sunrise at 11:20 and sunset at 4:00) we decided to go to the Lava Show. This turned out to be super cool - or super hot - depending on your perspective!  We saw hot lava flowing and learned a lot about lava. This is the only Lava show of its kind.  Super interesting. The show was in the harbor area, afterward we went to one of the oldest restaurants in Iceland for lunch.  It was super delicious.  Fish of course! Next we decided to check out the big museum - Perlan.  It had sections on Glaciers, Volcanos, and Lava, an Ice Cave (at below freezing temps), and a Planetarium show on Northern Lights.  It is a very hands-on museum. Great technology throughout! Here I am in the ice-cave. It was a good day, all that remains is packing! On the day of our flight to Dulles we a...

On Friday we had a free day to walk around and explore Reykjavik. We started, as one must, with Hallgrimskirkja . Daytime Night time  Views of inside and from the top: Not sure what the hurry is but worshipers here get their praying done quickly! The streets are lovely this time of year with the lights ... and surprises like this one Santa's washing!. The Sun Voyager is lovely looking over he harbor. The stores have lovely things to offer, we bought a lovely Icelandic Wool blanket. Not sure how useful it will be in Houston?! There were some more useful items (for someone): We walked (trugged) through a sculpture garden. This one, entitled "Grief" was particularly moving. We had some fish for lunch and went back for a little rest. Dinner was pizza, followed by gelato. Early bedtime because we have to be up early for our next adventure! Ok. Next adventure is a trip to an Ice Cave. In general when I see 8+ hours I am not inclined to go. However, my cousin Christie had her he...

Hello from Reykjavik! We are here with my (Sheri) cousins, Christie & Chester, primarily to see the Northern Lights! Leaving Houston a day early to make sure we did not miss our flight due to the big winter storm, we had a little time in Virginia (near Dulles airport) to see the Air & Space museum. This was an unexpected pleasure. Among the 250+ aircraft was the Enola Gay, a Concorde Jet and the Space Shuttle Discovery. As Marieke informed us, there were many cancelled flights out of Dulles and delays were pretty standard. Our 7:40 pm overnight flight to Reykjavik finally took off at about 11:00. Apparently there were only two baggage handlers to unload and load AND shovel the snow that had accumulated. Once loaded, the de-icing took a minute as well.  We arrived at 10:00 am, got our car and headed to our walking food tour. Our guide's name was Burgersagdjckeuegvcn (sic) but we were to call him "burger". We stopped at five different places and enjoyed an appetizer...