Wednesday, August 19- Our flight to Reykjavik





We started our journey two days before our flight to Reykjavik from Boston.  This accomplished the dual purpose of giving Ron time to recuperate and keeping me from having anxiety attacks over missing our flight to Reykjavik. 

After a couple of nights in Boston, having dinner with friends and enjoying the Museum of Fine Arts, we went back to the airport for our 5-hour flight to Reykjavik.  Although IcelandAir doesn't have a lounge in Boston, we were able to use the Air France Lounge.  Win-win; I was able to read through a lot of French periodicals while we waited.

The flight path took us over Greenland, which is ordinarily so clouded over you can't see much; we hadn't gotten a clear view of Greenland on a transatlantic flight since a trip to Scotland in late 2001.  We were extraordinarily lucky this time; not only was the sky clear, but the evening light cast a beautiful glow over the landscape.

Note the glacier at the top of the picture.

The small dots are icebergs "calved" off the glaciers.