First excursion

We went to the Photo Society tonight. Tom and Pat Cory did the program, and part of it was about their trip to Iceland - just before we were there. And we didn’t run into each other. They were giving a workshop and were always with a local guide. They got into the interior and a lot of places we didn’t see - and, of course, we got to places they didn’t. Anyhow, they’re great photographers, and it was wonderful to see their photographs.

Our first excursion after we sailed from Reykjavik was to the Snaefellsness Peninsula. Icelandic is a very difficult language. Because of the country’s isolation, the language is now considered to be the parent language of the Scandinavian languages. A single word or name is frequently made up of other words. Snaefellsness is basically Snow (snae) - mountain (fells) - headland (ness).