I have been very lucky to have people around me, especially in the past several months who are understanding of my situation, of which I hold responsibility, but also of which, in certain cases, have no control. I also have tried to be very understanding of their situations that have impacted their lives and indirectly mine. All will be addressed in due course. The dealings with the bureaucracy, which we all must address at one time, or another continues to rear its ugly head and while perhaps, when I was in my 30’s and 40’s, would have become angry and quite frustrated, handle it better now as I creep up on 60. Time is too precious to expend angry energy on things you can’t control. ​

It has been an amazing week here in the Land of Fire and Ice and returning here after 2 years has brought my passion for this destination back into focus. I have met new people, both in business and personal encounters and re-connected in person with colleagues who I had not seen in these past few years, a direct result of the pandemic. Going through the immigration process along with the Covid protocol enlightened me and it seemed to work rather well, so if you are prepared for the process, having all your documentation, you should be fine. 
My time here a week ago, started with a re-connection with a very good friend, Sven, who resides here in Iceland, now for many years, but is originally from Germany, so it was nice to hang out and experience some of the island and just catching up for the day at which time, I was dropped off at the airport and met up with my group and off we were to the Snaefellsness Peninsula, a destination here in Iceland I had not been to in over 15 years, so in effect, it was a new experience, both in the places we explored, but the time of year, and for the record, the Snaefellsness, is where I saw my first puffins here in Iceland, in the wild, those many years ago. Other experiences, I had included hiking into a lava tube cave, which was certainly an experience and one I do recommend, but the landscape, and no I did not see the glacier, always covered by cloud cover, and the weather, did not deter from having a wonderful time. One of the other highlights was going out on the boat and having the Viking sushi experience.