Florida Day #11: Goodbye!

2019-03-02Friends, Us, USA Standard

[Photos taken on 02-03 March 2019, posted online 24 August 2019. The leaves are starting to change color, and every now and then fall is in the air.]

Too quickly, our last day in Florida dawned. We had to clear the airbnb house by 10 am, but happily didn’t have to actually clean it. Ever since The-Very-Sweaty-Very-Stressful-Exit-Cleaning-of-the-Airbnb-house-in-Lyon, I’ve tried to rent tidy-only properties.

We piled all our stuff into the two cars, and then went to do a bit of shopping as we moved in hops closer to the airport. Our flight didn’t leave until close to dinner-time, so we had plenty of time to kill.

We arrived in Iceland on the Sunday morning, and spent the day recovering, and making cream-puffs! (40-ish photos total)

Saturday 02 March 2019

Finnur by the packed car outside our temporary home at 10 am.
The stuff that never makes it to the fancy brochures. The roof of the pool enclosure had a bunch of nature on top of it. But I did really appreciate the back of the house facing a small forested area. It felt relaxing, even though the next houses were only a step away.
Of course we discovered this fancy night-stand power station as we were leaving. The US wall sockets are unbelievably useless, as they barely manage to hang on to the plugs. This would have come in handy!
These two have united over their love of screens with moving pictures.
Trying to keep things organized, so we wouldn’t pack clothes that were supposed to be worn later.
The last breakfast!
Our kitchen savants.
Good memories!
I ended up photographing the house so that I had evidence on how we’d left it. I also filed a complaint that the pots and pans were on their last legs. I still don’t understand why Teflon is considered a good idea.
All the stuff we left behind.
These two are best kept out of the way when we’re packing. One day though…
10 am is five minutes away. Time to put shoes on!
Like most other rental properties in the area, this one was managed by a travel company.
Some things seemed to have gotten lost in translation though. What do you do with toilet paper instead of putting it into the toilet?!?
Ok, we wiped down the tables, because we’re decent people.
Goodbye comfy couches.
Goodbye garage-game-room that we hardly used.
Goodbye McMansion street.
Adda acting out her sadness over leaving.
Bjarki was happy to FINALLY get a juice carton. I’m not a big fan of juices.
Starbucks gets kudos for these small cakes on a stick. They’re cute enough the kids want them, but not so big that the parents feel crazy guilty.
Teenager interrupted in scrolling through pinterest, probably.
I’m always a sucker for bookstores, so I suggested we visit one on the way to the airport. We ended up buying a few books, and then had to figure out how to pack them so we did’t go over our limit!
We have read the Harold and the Purple Crayon So. Many. Times, but I’d never seen these other Harold stories. I didn’t want to buy the huge celebratory book though, as we were too short on space and weight, so I took a photo instead.
I wish Iceland could support big bookstores like these.
Next up, a late lunch at Five Guys, the hamburger place. Adda approved!
Airport coming up.
We returned the car without issues, and then we walked.
Escalators are always fun.
After putting on our Iceland-clothes, and checking in, we had to take a train to our terminal. Bjarki was looking Oh. So. Cool!
Anna resigned to her mother being crazy with the camera. The view outside the train was beautiful.
The waiting area was loud, and the Starbuck’s line I got stuck in, took forever.
At long last, our airplane was in sight.
Waiting to board…
Emma had her fancy jacket on, and when the setting sun hit it just so, her area erupted in a huge light-show!
In the air shortly after 6 pm. Goodbye Florida!

Sunday 03 March 2019

Many, many hours later, we’d made it to Iceland.
I don’t often see the trace of the plane on the ground in these systems, but I thought this was pretty cool!
As luck would have it, the following day was cream-puff day, so off I went to the store to buy ingredients.
The two religions, gas and god, all in one picture. Oh, and a pretty sunset!
Success in the making!
Yeah, baby! I left it to Finnur to make the topping and the filling, as I collapsed into bed for an early wake-up the morning after. And thus endeth our trip to Florida!!