You're Going to Iceland in January? Why!!!

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When we told people that we were going to Iceland in mid-January, the nearly universal response was "Why!" Note the punctuation: this was not a question, but a shorthand interrogative for "Are you crazy?" Well, yes, we probably are.

But I took the question at face value and answered, "Because there's only about 5 hours of daylight, it's really cold, it rains or snows almost constantly, it's extremely windy, and many of the tourist attractions are closed or inaccessible." Anyway, here we are!

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  Light to dark   Bainbridge Island, WA on Jan 15, 2013 1 picture 1 comment
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  We arrive in the pitch dark, of course   Reykjavík, Iceland on Jan 16, 2013 15 pictures 0 comments
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  The Golden Circle is neither golden nor circular   Geysir, Iceland on Jan 17, 2013 24 pictures 0 comments
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  We are stretched between North America and Europe   Thingvellir, Iceland on Jan 18, 2013 29 pictures 0 comments
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  We imagine peace in a hailstorm   Videy Island, Iceland on Jan 19, 2013 21 pictures 1 comment
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  Rainbows, basalt columns, and blown away glasses   Vik, Iceland on Jan 20, 2013 34 pictures 0 comments
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  "You have a really distorted sense of time"   Reykjavík, Iceland on Jan 21, 2013 13 pictures 2 comments