Prologue

"Moonbow" a week ago.

I found about this Iceland tour through the New Bedford Whaling Museum from my friend and neighbor, who planned to go. When I got home from our exercise class, I looked up the trip online and asked my husband if he wanted to go. He was hesitant at first, but decided this may be his only chance to see the northern lights. We were registered within an hour.

Last week, we all attended an orientation meeting at the museum. Our guides gave us the itinerary and all our hotel accommodations. We will meet at the museum and go as a group on a bus to Logan Airport in Boston, flying out on Icelandic Airlines on Saturday night, October 8th. My main concern is being wet and cold. So, we got advice on appropriate clothing to wear, tips on currency, and many other helpful hints. I have to visit the new L.L. Bean store in Cranston, Rhode Island. I need a fleece-lined rain jacket and new rubbers; silk stockings to wear under wool socks and new gloves.

Blue Lagoon

I think it will be fun to land at 6:30am, be loaded on a bus, and immediately be taken to the Blue Lagoon and be swimming in it by 8:30am. Neither Larry nor I have ever been to Iceland, so we are really looking forward to this unique adventure.

More to come. Stay tuned.