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  • Tui SniderJuly 2022Voyageur

    Fly pollination

    22 juillet 2022, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F

    Today I learned that Garden Angelica is pollinated by flies.

    And see that bee? He’s eating the flies!!!

    Where’s Sir David Attenborough when you need him? (This is right by Gullfoss in Iceland.)

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  • Tui SniderJuly 2022Voyageur

    Icelandic Horses

    22 juillet 2022, Islande ⋅ 🌧 57 °F

    Icelandic horses have many unique qualities. They are small, sturdy and gentle with people. They’ve adapted to Iceland’s rugged terrain, so they are very sure-footed.

    Other horses have 4 gaits, but the Icelandic horse has 5. Mares can even delay giving birth for up to 6 weeks if the weather is bad. They are also quite cute, as you can see.

    After our guide reeled off all these facts, he casually added, “And sometimes we eat them.”

    Seemingly unaware of the ripple of surprise this comment created, he went on to add that, “Icelandic horse meat is one of the healthiest meats you can have.”

    (As for the Icelandic horse’s 5 gaits, they are: the fet, which is a walk; the brokk, or trot; the tölt, which is a faster walk, the skeid, or the pace; and finally, there's the stökk, or gallop, which is very fast. Can any horse experts tell me which gait is the uniquely Icelandic one?)    En savoir plus

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  • Tui SniderJuly 2022Voyageur

    World’s First Parliament

    22 juillet 2022, Islande ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

    See how far away Larry’s standing? The acoustics are such that he could speak softly and I could hear him as if he were standing beside me!

    Starting in the year 930, Vikings met here once a year to hash out disagreements and settle on laws. Historians consider this to be the world’s first parliament.

    This spot is called Logberg, which means “law rock.” (The spot was chosen for the acoustics I mentioned earlier.)

    Until they developed a written language, every year certain men would stand here and recite the laws to the assembly from memory.    En savoir plus

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  • Tui SniderJuly 2022Voyageur

    Invergordon Cemetery

    26 juillet 2022, Écosse ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F

    A local man gave us directions to the local cemetery in Invergordon, which involved following a “brambly footpath” and crossing a “wee bridge.”

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  • Tui SniderJuly 2022Voyageur

    Nuclear Vinegar

    30 juillet 2022, Angleterre ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F

    We had a brief but lovely stay with my stepdaughter near London. The weather was perfect for a walk to the River Thames, so that’s exactly what we did.

    We stopped at a pub along the way and enjoyed fish and chips. In addition to tartar sauce and ketchup, we splashed the dish with malt vinegar. (Not sure why the vinegar makers felt that coming from a secret nuclear bunker is a selling point, but there you go!)

    For drinks, Naomi and I enjoyed Pim’s garnished with cucumber, orange, strawberry, and mint. So refreshing!

    Larry had an Italian lager since the bartender said it went well with fish and chips.

    We will stop by again for a longer visit with Naomi, but it was good to see her even in passing!    En savoir plus

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