We rented a car and drove from London west to Wales, made a stop at Avesbury to see the stone circle (like Stonehenge but a larger circle that goes around the village and you can touch the stones), then a few nights in St. David's in southern Wales, then to Tregaran for the reunion. The Welsh relatives did a great job - excellent food and great entertainment. We did some folk dancing and ate traditional Welsh food and were entertained by a men's choir that was...

It was 30 degrees in London, which we heard over and over "was unheard of". It made walking around the streets and standing with hundreds of others to see the Tower of London very difficult, a problem we solved by finding a pub on the shady side of the street. Repeat as required. We drove north to Duxford for a day to see the Imperial War Museum which contains lots of WW II planes and tanks, plus there was an air show on that day. So lots of old planes on dis...

From Iceland In Scotland I flew to Edinburgh, Scotland, which was quite a contrast. From one of the newest land forms with one of the most recent human habitations (first people in Iceland were in the 900s) where the "old" buildings have corrogated metal siding, to a place where you can walk on streets that were build by the Romans 2000 years ago. I was amazed by the stag and hen parties - huge drunken celebrations with the future bride or groom that often invo...

For the rest of my time in Iceland I rented a car (from a place that rents 'older' cars for less money that is called Sadcars, and my little Hyundi was definitely a sad car) and drove along the south coast to Hofn, about 500 km from Reykjavik along narrow roads with many single lane bridges. I only came close to hitting one sheep (they are free range everywhere) but fortunately for both the sheep and my sad car, we avoided a collision. I went on a zodiac boat a...

It is really great to see everyone´s comments. Deborah, you definitely would have loved the hike. Today I did a tour where we snorkled in a dry suit in 2 C water in the rift between the two tetonic plates, which is what has created Iceland - as the plates pull apart an average of 2.5 / year then Iceland grows wider. The water seeps underwater from a glacier for about 50 - 60 years then comes out in the area we snorkled, so it was very clean and clear (and col...