Archive for July 2007

Ahh, the bliss of waking up after a decent amount of sleep

Sunday, July 1, 2007 - We awoke in Akureyri (Iceland’s second biggest town) to thick fog. The hotel has lots of tourists (German I think) staying here, but I didn’t hear them at all. We had breakfast which was included in the room. I really appreciate how the Europeans think of breakfast as more than toast and cereal. The buffet included waffles you make yourself, cereal, yogurt, fruit, ryveta crackers, hard boiled eggs, cheese slices, tomatoes, meats, breads, nutella, peanut butter, yogurt, and of course, smoked fish and pickled herring.
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Saturday, June 30th

We (or I) awoke early, 5:30am after only 3 hours of sleep. Tried to go back to sleep and did for a bit but the sun was already high in the sky. There were people rolling into campsites until the early hours and kids playing outside into the early morning hours.
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