a veg life

March 2016  Reykjavik, Iceland 19, 259 steps Hello from Iceland! We are safely in Reykjavik, after a long day and a half of traveling.  This trip was pieced together (very expertly) by Rick, maximizing the airline miles we had available. For our trip over here, we flew United from LAX to Newark, then Newark to London. The first flight to EWR was easy--lots of movies to watch on the in-flight entertainment systems. We had a fairly tight connection (45 minutes) and were delayed getting to Newark, but managed to get on our flight to Heathrow in plenty of time.  After veggie curry and a few more movies, I slept for a few hours en route to London (Rick is not so good at sleeping on planes). We were really excited to be on United, because the United Club at Heathrow is the best one in the world--great food and drinks, beautiful design. We landed early, which was lucky for us, because we didn't have a whole lot of time before our connection to Reykjavik. But, we ...

(posted by Emily) Saturday 11 July Daily Step Count: 19,974 On Saturday, we were up early to catch our train to the French Riviera . Rick and I both were looking forward to this leg of the trip, because some relaxation and sunshine were far overdue. The train that we took south was definitely the nicest one we've been on--we were on the upper level, with plenty of space to ourselves. There were even some furry traveling companions on this trip, too.  heading up to the train platform inside the train lots of space--we were right across from the baggage rack orangina = breakfast of champions ready for the sun I spy.....a kitty cat! We both napped for a while, and when we woke up, there was sunshine and beautiful scenery all around. We enjoyed watching all of the coastal towns pass by the window and had some lunch.  lunch - baguette, bananas, and left over cheese finally blue skies! gorgeous ocean ...