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Originally published by Linda Lou Burton posting about Reykjavik, Iceland from Little Rock, Arkansas \u2013 <\/em>I made it to Reykjavik before dark last night. Way before dark, in fact, as the sun doesn\u2019t set here until \"\"<\/a>10 PM and I arrived at 7. And I only changed two time zones, so sleep patterns weren\u2019t affected that much. Everything else was affected though; as anticipated \u2013 temperature was the first thing I noticed. Highs of 95 in Cairo, and throat-parching dry; it\u2019s 57 here, and rainy this morning. But I like cool better than hot, and \u201ccool with rain\u201d is fairly normal for the kids, coming from Seattle. But their sleep-brain<\/em> will surely take a hit! Iceland Air flies non-stop \"\"<\/a>from Seattle to Reykjavik in 8 hours. And, Reykjavik time is 7 hours ahead of Seattle time. So do the math: if they got on their plane at 7 PM Sunday, it was 2 AM Monday in Reykjavik, and I was fast asleep. When I meet their plane at 10 this morning, their brain will likely be saying, \u201cLeave me alone! It\u2019s only 3 AM!\u201d<\/p>\n

Or maybe they\u2019ll be excited. Kayla was taken to the Philippines when she was a baby, but has no memories of that. And for Sam, it\u2019s his first trip beyond US soil. They were both enthusiastic about my graduation-gift invite; pleased as punch, and (until COVID-19 shut us down and turned our trip into Now Defunct Imaginary<\/em>) raring to go. Maybe it was the hype I sent them. After all, most people don\u2019t know much about Iceland. Do you?<\/p>\n

Reykjavik: Quick & Quirky Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n