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THE ICELANDIC FESTIVAL IN GIMLI CANADA

Once upon a time, on a grey-skied, bone-chilling, sleeting spring morning in 2018, this Minnesota woman (and the Icelandair jet in which I sat) landed on a slick runway at Keflavík airport on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. After months of planning, I was finally about to embark on my inaugural visit and spend 7

YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY FRIÐHEIMAR…

…but let’s not call the whole thing off! Instead, I want to tell you about a very distinct and unforgettable dining experience you can have during your travels in Iceland! A TOMATO LOVER AT HEART When I was a kid, one of my favorite treats was a tomato. I would chomp into that bad boy

ICELAND: A TOTAL HEARTBREAKER

It’s been 257 days since I buckled my seat belt aboard an Icelandair jet, hurtled down a runway at Keflavik airport, and left a piece of my soul sitting atop a volcanic rock in the middle of the chilly and unforgiving North Atlantic. But, hey. Who’s counting? I spent the next six misty-eyed hours flying

REYKJADALUR HOT SPRINGS: HIKING HEAVEN ON EARTH

Could this be the afterlife? This is the question I was asking myself as I took in my surroundings and did a quick mental check: I’m walking through a valley green the color of moss, the smell of sulfur and freshly damp soil pungent in the air. Bubbling hot geysers spring forth from milky turquoise