A Tale of Two Trips (Laugarvatn & Paris)
[Photos taken on 28 April to 1 May 2017, posted online 7 August 2017. Bjarki’s room has been rearranged!]
In opposition to all the social research which indicates that looking forward to trips for a long time is good for the soul, we sprung Anna’s confirmation trip to Paris on her, giving her less than a week to anticipate it!
Mostly this was because we had the hardest time deciding what to give her that she would like, especially since mostly she wanted a horse! But, as it was becoming apparent that we would not be visiting Paris during our upcoming trip to France this summer, Anna was sad, so to Paris she got sent!
Now, as Finnur and Anna were going to be away, I decided to utilize our designated weekend at the Laugarvatn summer house, but worried about Bjarki and Emma arguing nonstop. Therefore I borrowed two kids as playmates, the middle kid of my oldest brother, and the son of my brother Pétur, who also tagged along, but avoided the camera somehow! (39 images total)
Friday 28 April 2017
Anna and Finnur stopped by my workplace to hand over some misplaced car keys.
As they drove to the airport, the weather worsened, with rainy snow coming down.
Time to board the plane!
Sludge on the tarmac.
That evening, my brother and I drove eastwards, in the snow. It was not the nicest drive ever.
White stuff everywhere.
The view at 10 pm, at least the days were starting to get longer!
Landing in Paris, which apparently involves passing over a highway!
Not the London eye!
Saturday 29 April 2017
The most popular activity is to light a fire. (As in: “Mom, can we light a fire now? Moooom, can we light a fire noooow?” ad infinitum.) 🙂
I had planned to put the trampoline up, but the ground was soaking wet, so I had to cancel those plans.
A quiet moment with Monopoly money.
Dinner!
Not too shabby, but admittedly no Bearnaise sauce (Finnur’s specialty)…
Meanwhile, in Paris…
Soooo tempting!
Night falling.
They went up!
More evening views.
The light show going strong.
Sunday 30 April 2017
We managed to get the kids to leave the house for a bit as we packed up and cleaned the house.
Enjoying the swings at Finnur’s parent’s house. Poor parentless Iðunn was getting pretty homesick by that point though.
Nope, there’s nobody home. We did walk down to the (terrifying) river down below the house though.
Meanwhile, in Paris…
Look who’s where!
Good one from Anna!
Local joke. 🙂
Monday 01 May 2017
Anna and Finnur discovered that a lot of France shuts down for 1 May. It put a damper on the day, as Anna had planned to do a bit of shopping.
Ice-cream always helps with perking up the soul! Incidentally, scroll down this page, to find a younger Anna holding an almost identical ice cream in Lyon in 2014!
Good stuff!
They kept exploring.
Beautiful!
Always a treat! Their flight left around dinner time, and they landed late in the evening in Iceland. Yay!
Meanwhile, in Iceland… we visited Finnur’s parents for a bit.
Bjarki insisted I take a photo of his “tattoo”.
Emma showing her artwork after staying with her grandparents for a bit. I can’t remember if this was grandma, and…
… this was grandpa, or the other way around?
The fastest way to do a fridge inventory when going to the grocery store!
Hot tub time! 🙂