Tuesday, July 21 Canoeists taking their chances with the icebergs on the lake at Jökulsárlón Travel time: 8 hours 15 minutes Distance: 630km Destination: Eskifjördur It’s the big travel day: a 630km trek across the south coast, and the first time I’ve really regretted not being able to stop and linger longer along the way. … Continue reading Dad’s gone to Iceland: Day 11
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Politics, an unavoidably twisted affair
One of Copenhagen’s most famous landmarks is the tower of the Church of Our Saviour with its external helter-skelter staircase. The church itself is a Renaissance colossus, an elegant brute in the Dutch baroque style with Greek and Italian inflections, and it boasts northern Europe’s largest carillon, but it is the tower specifically that captures … Continue reading Politics, an unavoidably twisted affair

