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Asheville in the Fall: a long weekend
Asheville in the Fall: a long weekend

Asheville is a mountain town in two senses of the word: its downtown is hilly and the city is tucked closely against the larger surrounding mountains.  Due to this location, there are gorgeous vistas in every direction. Whether it was unique to our visit or seasonal/geographical due to the mountains, each morning started out with low clouds that took several hours to burn off and each evening, low clouds began moving back in and stirring up a bit of a cool breeze.

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Iceland's Ring Road - Akureyri and Grímsey Island (Days 7-8)
Iceland's Ring Road - Akureyri and Grímsey Island (Days 7-8)

In trying to figure out some activities for our two full days in Akureyri, we discovered that we could take a ferry to Grímsey Island, an island about 25 miles north of the mainland and the only part of Iceland officially (though just barely) within the Arctic Circle.

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