Awaiting a view of the Northern Lights

The magnificent nightly light show, the Northern Lights, is said to be beyond description. I will send my impressions after arriving later this week. Here is a preview video found on Huffington Post:

Presently I am pressing to finish grading and preparations for my current online classes. A pile of "must haves" is stacked on my large suitcase. Yes, friends, I will have to check my bag. Such is almost sacrilegious to me as I can fold and space bag a week's worth of clothes for conference travel into a small roll aboard bag. However, on this trip I have an extra tote which will give space for shopping.

Iceland is a sophisticated country that is likely to have anything I need. The challenge with international travel is finding items that otherwise are so easy to get with a short drive to Walgreens, Publix or the Mall. So I am packing essentials and looking forward to trying Icelandic products. I have also loaded several iBooks for the long plane trip. Once on the ground in Reykjavik, my attention will be on the conference and then on experiencing as much of the city as possible.

As I work from my sunny Florida 73 degree office, I saw snow flurries on the iPhone weather from Reykjavik. For those of you who know me, stop laughing. Yes, I wore a jacket to exercise this morning because it was 67 degrees. From tropics to near arctic. . . the adventure is getting closer.