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The Iceland Trip

 From San Francisco to Denver to Reykjavik SFO to Reykjavik, via Denver Reaching KEF, renting the car, and reaching the AirBnB apartment First Day in Reykjavik A walk to the Old Harbor in Reykjavik Night walk in Reykjavik

Waiting for a surgery in Iceland

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 April 7, 2022 It was a while back that I included sports  to a long list of things I am clumsy at. So, I keep away from any physical activity in which I am in competition with another human being. We reached Iceland on April 3. Since then, we have been crossing off our list of things to do in this northern island. Even before leaving for this trip, the young man had decided his Iceland visit will not be complete without spending some time snowboarding. He wanted to try the slopes at Blafjoll It was very windy the day before and the ski resort was closed. But yesterday was a beautiful day. The wind had died down and the sun was out. We drove to Blafjoll which is less than an hour from where we are staying at in Reykjavik. The plan was to drop the young man at the slopes and head to the nearby hot water springs, but one thing led to another, and we stayed watching the avid skateboarder get better and better at snowboarding. A few runs down the slope the sportsman decided to use...