Midtsommer Madness

A quick post to officially mark the start of the Bliz 2017 Solstice Spectacular trip. The plans are to visit Iceland and Norway over the next three weeks and never encounter a dark sky once.

It was ten years ago this week that Liz and Ben (later dubbed Bliz) visited Norway for the first time, so it’s fitting that we return now. The trip will be different in many ways — first of all we’re just older. But technology has improved a lot and we’ll be taking advantage of that. Google Maps will make our self-determination much easier. We’ll still rely on the help of good friends in Norway (shout out to Geir, Grethe and family) but we’re mostly on our own in Iceland. Except for the million other tourists who will be joining us and of course our friendly Icelandic hosts. And the puffins.

So we’ve cleared security and we’re ready to depart on Iceland Air, flight number FI852, Chicago to Reykjavik. It’s a six hour flight and when we arrive we’ll have made our last transition to daylight for the next three weeks. And the midtsommer madness can commence!