I thought eating turkey in Abu Dhabi last year was the cat’s meow, but Thanksgiving in Reykjavik totally takes the cake. Why am I using these expressions? Because maybe the clichés will turn you away before you get more than you bargained for. Please be warned that further reading will take you from a big…
Category: Nancy Stearns Bercaw
The Pool for Drowning Women
This is a tale of two days. A long bus ride in one, short daylight in the other. Both days took place in one. Today. The tale features three intrepid Vermonters who woke early after a fitful sleep. They lounged around sipping coffee and eating pastries because they had plenty of time before their…
Go Fish at the Laundromat
We arrived in Iceland at 6 am and promptly slept until noon. Upon awaking, I had no idea where we were until I looked out the window at the snowy skies and stone streets. I told the guys to throw on their warm clothes (a bit cooler here than in Northern Vermont) because we needed…