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But today, I am back at blogging. Tomorrow, I will have a rotisserie chicken recipe, but today I want to share some of my adventure.
Iceland was awesome and so beautiful!
.Back in September, my sister called me and said there was a great Groupon to Iceland for about $800 with airfare and hotel from NYC. The trip included daily breakfast.
I was sold.
Seeing the Northern Lights has always been on my bucket list, so I bought the Groupon on the spot and on Feb, 25, my sister and I were Iceland-bound.
It;s only a five hour flight from JFK and six hours coming back,.
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Iceland is home to 130 volcanoes and uses geothermal heat to power the island. It has about 320,000 residents in the whole country, with the majority in Reykjavik.
I came to see the Northern Lights, but I was also excited to see the Blue Lagoon. I have to say, I think the Blue Lagoon ended up being my highlight. It was spectacular.
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We spent two hours in the geothermal water. There’s a bar there and they limit everyone to three drinks, which was a good thing because no one was drunk and obnoxious.
After soaking in the water for two hours, we ate lunch at LAVA, a restaurant that overlooks the lagoon. We had a three course meal and it was lovely.
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I love how they served the butter on a slab of lava. This sundried tomato bread was unreal!
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My beet salad
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Pineapple and coconut sorbet
On our third day, we took a Golden Circle tour, which took us to the tallest waterfall in Europe.
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Then we visited a geyser. I haven't seen one of those since I was a child
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And on our last night, I finally saw the Northern Lights. We tried the first night but didn't see anything. They canceled the tour on the second night because there was a zero out of 9 chance of seeing them.
The last night, it was a 4 out of 9 and we saw plenty of them. Stunning stuff.
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Courtesy Dennis Sawchuk
Dennis Sawchuk, a man I met on our tour, took these photos of the Northern Lights. I wasn’t able to capture them.
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It was an incredible adventure and I would recommend Iceland for sure. It was my 57th country! Woo Hoo. My goal is to visit 100, so I am almost 60 percent towards my goal.
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