It’s Monday afternoon, Sept 2. Adventure launch is imminent. Boarding the plane, Sue and I were pleasantly surprised that Icelandair had upgraded our seats from Ecomony Comfort to Saga (First) class for the flight from Anchorage to Keflavik. Needless to say, the extra room and service made for a very comfortable trip. Watched ‘Les Miserables’ in its entirety while sipping Reyka Icelandic vodka 😉 which probably aided my enjoyment of this musical rendition of a literary classic albeit wretched time in France’s history. Under normal conditions, I loathe musicals.

With dawn light emerging from the East, the white snowscapes against dark mountain peaks of Greenland were dim ghostly apparitions 35,000 feet below — still an hour to go to reach Iceland. In daily life, the world seems so vast, yet, as I looked down on Greenland and its iconic geography, my former perception of time and distance shrank — an effect of modern flight.
Amazing…

Fly for 7 hours and we are half a world away from home. It’s 6:05 am local time as we touch down on land where Vikings once roamed. Stay tuned…