Dearest Friends close by and far away,
We are getting far too close to Christmas as we write the annual missive. The year has gone bye in a world wind and when we take time to look back we can see how full on it has been.
This is why it was so important to get together, make a road trip to Ashwell and spend some days with family in the UK. We are talking about the Icelandic Lynch massif does Blightly !!!!!
We took a long weekend to fly out to Luton, visit the Bushel and Strike, Cheyney Water Farmhouse, spend a day in Cambridge including punting and a night in a stately home before zooming down to Henley to link up with Rory, Laura and Kaiden.
We were lucky enough to find a beautiful cottage to stay the weekend in and we enjoyed an unforgettable day on the river Thames, with Rory at the helm.
Camila came down for the evening and we had a great BBQ supper having raided Tesco. Sunday was more food, Sunday roast at the Crooked billet before we zoomed up to the airport for the trip home. I don´t think I have eaten as much in one weekend in my life.
Camila came down for the evening and we had a great BBQ supper having raided Tesco. Sunday was more food, Sunday roast at the Crooked billet before we zoomed up to the airport for the trip home. I don´t think I have eaten as much in one weekend in my life.
The weather was perfectly warm and sunny. That added to the Indian summer atmosphere to the overall ambience of nostalgia for Dad and touching the roots for the young ones.
There have been loads of trips abroad for everybody, Anna backwards and forwards to Geneva, Sandra to Austria, Eirikur to Ireland, Rebekka to Stockholm and so it goes on!
The Lynch clan are completing milestones in their lives at an alarming rate. Rebekka moved house (again) and got a dog. Eirikur started college and Sandra is set to graduate from high school.
It was a big year for birthdays in the extended family. Agla and Siggi celebrated 50th birthday, Erla celebrated 40th birthday, Rikki her 70th birthday and Íris, Anna´s mum was 75 years young this year.
Anna and baby Anna Dís are firm friends and had regular play dates. Its an quiet an achievement when one lives in Iceland and the other in Denmark!!!
"Arni litli" is a regular guest. He is big enough to stay overnight and help with the cooking.
There were camping trips and concerts and vegetarian retreats to the countryside. It makes me dizzy just writing about it.
I hope next year will be as busy and full of special moments!
We are breathlessly racing to the holidays, Christmas and New Year. Will take a short breather, to raise a glass to friends and family, and then its kick off for 2018!
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, with love from the Lynches in Iceland.
