To Washington DC!
[This happened on 29 July 2015, but is being blogged on 10 September 2015. No wind!]
In late May I got a fly in my head (Icelandic idiom) to go visit and stay with our friends Elsa and Þráinn in Washington DC during our summer vacation.
Long story short, a plan was hatched, tickets were bought, and on Finnur’s 41st birthday, we took off for a two week vacation! (16 images total)
You can tell by the cart/stroller that we’re at Keflavik airport! Yes, we decided to buy proper headphones for all but one unlucky soul. They were worth it!
Emma on a counter, while her tired mom orders a mocha. True to form, the adults had gone to bed at 1 or 2 am, but thankfully, we didn’t have to leave for the airport until shortly after 7 am. I really like the 10:30 am departure time!
Eating a scrumptious Joe and the Juice sandwich. They’re surprisingly good, and dangerously addictive!
Siblings!
Unlucky me (Hrefna) got picked to be randomly super-screened. I guess SSSS stands for Super-Secret-Superior-Screening or something. It meant that as we’d cleared passport control to leave the country, I was diverted to a line, where a lady donned gloves and stroked all of me, before stroking the insides of my bag. The gloves were then tested for traces of evil chemicals, of which I had none.
Yay, our airplane!
We were one of the last people to board, thanks to the SSSS.
Finnur’s birthday present was to not have to sit next to Emma for six hours straight. She. Did. Not. Nap. Thank goodness for the seat-back entertainment system!
Goodbye Iceland, for now!
We landed at Dulles shortly after lunch, local time. Our first stop was this funky huge bus, which elevated itself to attach to building entrances. Happily, we had to wait a very long time for our luggage to arrive, which meant that I had time to download GPS guidance maps for my phone on the free WiFi. We would have been very lost otherwise!
Before we knew it, we were through, and had picked up our rental car. By the way, never shop with Thrifty/Dollar, because they charge for an additional driver even if that driver is your spouse. Now I know. Of course, our first order of business was to go shopping at WHOLE FOODS! Oh, Whole Foods, we miss you so badly!
Picking out a birthday cake for Finnur, whose birthday it still was!
Back at Elsa and Þráinn’s, things settled in pretty quickly.
The piano was very popular.
Bjarki trying to hide that he’s enjoying himself.
And with that, it was time for dinner (pesto pasta with bbq-ed sausages). Þráinn was away on a business trip, and would be joining us two days later.
Finnur’s birthday cake! By this time, Bjarki had expired from tiredness, and lay sulking on the floor. We finished up, and went to bed!