July 11, 2017
Dear Friends,
We are almost ready to leave for Iceland and Greenland. Am trying to refresh my memory about working with images in the blog and decided to practice by sending you maps of the islands we are visiting to get us all oriented. I hope you can blow up the images to see them better. It is amazing to see how much larger Greenland is compared to Iceland. There are few roads in Greenland, forcing people to fly from point to point or dog sled. Not for us. So one stop there is all we will do. Iceland is much more hospitable as you can see from the road circling the island as well as many side roads.
Although we fly to Reykjavik first, we spend only one day there before flying west and north to Ilulissat, Greenland above the Arctic Circle on the west coast of that island. You can find the spot next to Disco Bay. Originally we planned to add Greenland at the end of the trip, but our travel agent, Unnur at Iceland Unlimited, could not accommodate us. So, we will spend 3 days and 2 nights in the coldest climes of the trip before returning to Reykjavik and beginning our counter clockwise tour of that island. By then, Iceland should feel down right balmy.
We leave home at 9am on Wednesday, July 12 by Uber and will be home again late on the 27th. Am having trouble packing for arctic air with so much heat here. I will probably be unfashionably overdressed in a dough-girl look. Watch for coming photos.
Map of Greenland
Detailed road and physical map of Iceland
Map of Iceland with cities and towns
Adventures with Julia 
Comments
Julia, I am glad to be still on your list. wish I could go with you! This heat is downright depressing to me. Looking forward to me posts. Magdalene
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Adventures with Julia wrote:
> adventureswithjulia posted: “July 11, 2017 Dear Friends, We are almost > ready to leave for Ireland and Greenland. Am trying to refresh my memory > about working with images in the blog and decided to practice by sending > you maps of the islands we are visiting to get us all orient” >
góða ferð (Icelandic for Bon Voyage). Have a great time you two!
Whaaaa WHOOO sounds absolutely lovely! Can’t wait to see photos and read blog! I know you’ll have fun.
Have a safe and wonderful adventure. Looking forward to your posts. Will forward to Norm as well. Annamaria
Map is good — we also have several Atlas’s with enlarged maps. Best, and have a great time! Peggy >
I will look forward to your emails about Iceland. Harry was in Iceland for training when he was in the Air Force.
Maria howard
I received your Practice map, you still have the special skills required to keep what you write that
keeps us readers “Right there with you” in other words, my limited Red Neck Vocabulary will not
let me express fully my appreciation that you have the ability to Paint a Picture with Words.
Thanks for including me, as I read every work. (sometimes several times.) Enjoy and I pray for
Safety for both of you..
Lynn Ray
Hi Lynn Ray,
We are almost recovered from the trip. Glad you enjoy my untrained writing. I just say what I see. Next up is Central and Eastern Europe in September and October. Stay tuned. Am spending August relaxing and getting ready. Big hugs to you, julia