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Clearwater Beach, Florida
When I discovered that I scheduled a visit to Florida to get away and see an old high school friend in the midst of Spring Break, I at first panicked. It would have been fun when I was a college kid, but it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind for this trip.
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My aunt had mentioned earthquakes as part of life in California. She told me they mostly felt like a heavy truck driving by. That sounded quite reasonable. It also turned out to be quite wrong.
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This year, 2025, I made my second trip to Iceland. Part of the reason was that my photos from my first trip last summer convinced my wife to visit. But I think the main reason was that I simply fell in love with he country, its people, its geography and even its history. This is
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My second trip to Iceland led me to discover what truly makes a country “great”. It’s not the size of the land, the population or the economy. It’s not even the influence it has or had in history and world events. Nor is it measured by its contributions to art, culture, or science. What makes
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Walking in the center of Reykjavik is wonderful. Driving, for the record, is not.
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The “Golden Circle” is the very popular 140-mile loop around west central Iceland that offers a sampling of the island’s geology and history, along with some outstanding sights and a stop at one of the country’s more traditional hot springs. With stops for lunch and a couple of hours at the hot spring, usually Secret
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The south coast ranks as Iceland’s second most popular tour and the western half can be covered in a day.
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Though, in my ignorance of the downtown parking situation, I had rented a car for the entirety of my first visit to Iceland, my only long drive was to the northwest peninsula, Snæfellsnes.
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When you need to go from dollars to pounds or pounds to kilograms, the Mac’s “hidden” unit converter is only a click away!
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Gallery of Iceland photos from June, 2025
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There are few things more annoying than arriving at your destination and discovering that some important device you brought won’t get charged because of one stupid thing you forgot to pack. Here’s an easy way to avoid that.
