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Japan

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October 20, 2026  In 5 days we board a jet plane for a greater than 14 hour flight to Tokyo. It's going to be a long flight but I think it'll be better than 20 plus hours with a stop over. As usual this is my test entry to make sure me and my computer remember how to write a blog entry.   

Iceland

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August 5, 2026 Flying Home Happily we had a uneventful trip home arriving in Toronto about 40 minutes early ---- when does that ever happen. We arrived at the "in-field terminal" which required a bus trip to Terminal 3. The bus dropped us off close to immigration so no what feels like a mile long walk to get to immigration. Everything went quickly and we were outside waiting for our ride about 5 minutes after our expected arrival time.  Home Sweet Home August 4, 2026 Back to Reykjavik Today we finish the route around the island ending in Reykjavik.  There's a hot spring down this road.  Deildartunguhver hot spring is recognized as the highest-flowing hot spring in all Europe. The hot spring surges with an average constant flow rate of 180 litres per second and the water temperature reaches 97C. A major portion of this boing water is captured and pumped via long pipelines to heat homes and businesses. I wonder why there are a lot of green houses in the area, Lemon cucumber...