My birthday was on September 13th, but as I was curled up painting and generally unplugged from the world, the first time I went down to the restaurant for dinner after my birthday was a couple of days later… and little did I know I would get gifts, a cake with sparkler, and a Viking serenade!
The view from the window was simply lovely – watching the sun go down and the world float by…
…and then………
…and even a lovely present so I can bring some Icelandic water with me – complete with my name on it!
I feel so incredibly blessed…
If ever you come to Iceland, you just must stay here (Hotel Viking) – they have made me feel like family.
~ Bella
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I am in Iceland at present, and I was in quite the quandary about how to celebrate my birthday weekend this year... Would I: Go to somewhere like the Blue Lagoon? Stay in one of those ice hotels or similar? Go on another road trip? While all those options and…
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According to the weather man, it was supposed to be fine and partly sunny, partly cloudy... So, Harry Hyundai set off on a short adventure... only to be caught within about 30 minutes of our departure in the first of two hail storms! But, weather cleared... and the landscape was…