Send My Regards to the British Museum

Arrived in London and was gratiously picked up by a good friendAnthony at Gatwich Airport. Stayed with Anthony for three nights inthe south London, around Bromfield I think. We were completelyknackered (british for tired) when we arrived and promptly slept. Wespend the next two and a half days touring around London: BuckinghamPalace, Tower of London, British Museum etc. The crown jewels at theTower were very impressive, but they had the aduacity to place adonation box at the end, needless to say they don't need the money soI put nothing in it. On the whole I found London and littleoverwhelming, extremely large and extremely busy. Would have liked tostay longer to see the museums we missed and to see a play (Anthony'swife insisted we see a play and was quite devastated when we didn'thave time).
We flew to Iceland on July 12. The pilot aborted the landing once. Iam a very good flyer when everything goes well, but when we circledthe airport over the ocean I was sure he was dumping fuel inanticipation of a rough landing. The captain indicated something overthe loud speaker about something wrong with the landing gear, all waswell and Margie was much braver than I ( I had to ask her to hold myhand, I'm such a suck).


We picked up the car with no hassles, a little two door Toyota Yaristhat has served us well so far. The roads here are quite rough inplaces and you would be amazed with some of the mountain passes thatthe road travels through. We have hiked on a glacier and seen so manybeautiful waterfalls I lost count long ago. You could use rolls offilm simply photographing waterfalls. I am currently in a placecalled Seydisfjodour, that you reach by driving over a pass and downinto a fjord. It is where the ferry docks coming from Norway.Although, the ferry doesn't arrive until Wednesday so the town isquiet and sleepy. We went swimming in the town pool last night,haven't been in any natural hot springs yet, hopefully soon. Whendriving in Iceland you notice the lack of mammals, you see some sheep,icelandic horses and the odd cow, but there is nothing else. Iespecially miss trying to hit gophers with the car. Margie hasinsisted on stopping and photographing sheep, she is quite sweet aboutasking so I usually stop if I can.
The food in Iceland has been quite bland, there are cafe's in thetowns but they often sell hot dogs and hamburgers, nothing excitinglike pickeled herring or anything like that. The accomodation so farhas been quite good, we are generally the youngest people at thehostel, lots of older people travelling.


Only halfway around Iceland, should have more stories to come. Idon't have my cable for my digital camera handy right now so I can'tpost any pictures.