{"id":5546,"date":"2018-12-16T10:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2018-12-16T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:49:24","slug":"no-rest-for-the-weary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5546","title":{"rendered":"No rest for the weary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5553\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5553\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5553\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/799022E7-A50B-43A2-AF78-2AC041A5D478-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/799022E7-A50B-43A2-AF78-2AC041A5D478-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/799022E7-A50B-43A2-AF78-2AC041A5D478-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/799022E7-A50B-43A2-AF78-2AC041A5D478-768x768.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/799022E7-A50B-43A2-AF78-2AC041A5D478-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/799022E7-A50B-43A2-AF78-2AC041A5D478.jpeg 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Icelandic mail box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday afternoon I was back on a plane, this time a return to Iceland. The weather there was wet and cold, although warmer than DC. When we landed after our 5+ hour flight, we couldn\u2019t disembark due to high winds! They couldn\u2019t bring the jet bridge out, nor would they let us walk down the steps for fear we\u2019d blow away! So we sat on the plane for an incredible 4+ hours until the wind died down enough. The news reported that around a dozen planes were in the same situation; when we finally got off the plane, the airport was a zoo with all the flights backed up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5547\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5547\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11664509-2501-48F1-8DBA-8AD995AD79C0-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11664509-2501-48F1-8DBA-8AD995AD79C0-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11664509-2501-48F1-8DBA-8AD995AD79C0-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11664509-2501-48F1-8DBA-8AD995AD79C0.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church and Christmas decoration<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5550\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5550\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/71AE7326-9C33-45EE-A0A5-C684287ACA01-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/71AE7326-9C33-45EE-A0A5-C684287ACA01-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/71AE7326-9C33-45EE-A0A5-C684287ACA01-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/71AE7326-9C33-45EE-A0A5-C684287ACA01.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge Christmas Cat<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I stayed downtown, just a few minutes walk to the embassy. The city was decorated with Christmas lights everywhere, which was nice since it was dark, rainy, and overcast for most of my visit (even on good days they only get a few hours of sun this time of year). \u00a0Their \u201cthing\u201d is an evil Christmas cat (pictured above) that eats children unlucky enough to not get any clothing for Christmas. \u00a0I was super-happy to return to my favorite restaurant there (twice!) to eat a delicious Arctic char (fish) that they pan fry and drizzle with a honey-butter and slivered almonds. Yum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5551\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5551\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/059463CF-6024-475D-B580-8062618FD10E-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/059463CF-6024-475D-B580-8062618FD10E-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/059463CF-6024-475D-B580-8062618FD10E-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/059463CF-6024-475D-B580-8062618FD10E.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My favorite dish!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I flew back on Friday (with much less drama), returning to a dreary, rainy DC. \u00a0We went to a couple of parties yesterday, and the fun continues today!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5552\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5552\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/F099C840-533A-4E04-A1AA-EAE9DB71D1F3-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/F099C840-533A-4E04-A1AA-EAE9DB71D1F3-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/F099C840-533A-4E04-A1AA-EAE9DB71D1F3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/F099C840-533A-4E04-A1AA-EAE9DB71D1F3.jpeg 1678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the Iceland coins have sea creatures! So cute.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Monday afternoon I was back on a plane, this time a return to Iceland. The weather there was wet and cold, although warmer than DC. When we landed after our 5+ hour flight, we couldn\u2019t disembark due to high winds! 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