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Iceland

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July 23, 2026 Reykjavik Our first view of Iceland After breakfast and a 2 hour nap, Ed and I started to walk around Reykjavik. Anyone who knows Ed, knows the first thing he'll want to do is find a geocache so that's what we did. In the process of finding a few geocaches we also some some interesting things.  On the door to the stairs in the hotel. It's an interesting way to get people to use the stairs.  Our search for geocaches took us to the Einar Jonsson Sculpture Garden and the Hallgrimskirkja (a beautiful church). This is one of the beautiful sculptures.  Another geocache was by Solfar (The Sun Voyager). We've noticed that kids are allowed to climb on, around, under artwork in Reykjavik. My favourite Geocache of all time ---- no searching required. The cache slips in and out from the top of the cache.  The Harpa Concert Hall is an interesting building . This is where we met up with  the Reykjavik Food Walk.  There were 4 restaurant stops on the Food Wa...
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Italy

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May 13, 2026 Flying Home The incoming flight was delayed by an hour, but the crew in Italy got us out quickly and made up some time during the bumpy flight. We arrived in Toronto about 20 minutes behind schedule. Near the end of the flight there was an interesting announcement from the flight crew --- this was the captains last flight for Air Canada as he was retiring. I think he had a good ending to his career.  We are now at home, catching up on all those jobs that come with spring. May 12, 2026 Free Day The tour is officially over but Ed and I opted to stay one more day. We decided that it would be a chill day. This worked out well as I have come down with a cold. We did wander around some areas of Rome that we had previously visited. Ed took a few photos and I look at them and post a few later this week.  May 11, 2026 Vatican City Today we visited the Vatican City and Saint Peter's Basilica. The number of people visiting these 2 sites with us was incredible. At times it wa...
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