Finally.... we get to Iceland. It was Worth the Wait!

Our trip started without a hitch.  Everyone to the airport, on the plane, and flying to Newark with no problems in site. Once we landed in Newark we experienced a little hiccup.  We quickly gathered our bags and headed to the Iceland Express counter to try and check our bags early to begin the long 4+ hour layover.  When we got to the Iceland Express counter we learned that our wait would be much longer.  For some unexplained reason, our flight had been delayed by 4 hours and would now leave Newark at 1:00a.m.  Yikes!

We managed to kill nearly 3 hours of our layover time in the Chili's Too restaurant.  This establishment will go down in history as the slowest possible service on the planet.  I think the Putz family managed to wait well over an hour before their order was taken.  It was slow as molasses, but not quite as tasty.  We took it in stride though because the slow service made our layover seem a little quicker.

After midnight we were able to board the Iron Maiden Frontier World Tour 2011 plane. I'm not kidding.  Here is a picture of the plane.  You've got to check out the pictures.

Although our Iron Maiden "Ed Force One" was grandiose in image, the seats were the tightest seats any of us had every experienced.  I'm thankful we were flying a team of 10 year olds instead of 16 year olds.  The good news was that we were all so exhausted that we slept fairly well.

When we arrived in Iceland everything began to click again.  The tour bus for Erin Parham & Friends was ready to sweep us away to good ol Taco Bell/KFC for a quick bite and then to a tour of the area surrounding Reykjavik.  I would tell you all the cool sites and such, but I'm so delirious at the time of this writing that I can't remember any names.  The pictures will have to suffice at this point.

After we checked in to our hostel the groups split up to explore the area.  Eventually we all ate a pizza dinner on the deck under the warmth of the sun, which had been shining brightly all day.  The weather is simply fantastic.  Following dinner we took a nice dip in the thermal pools next door.  AAAHHHG!

Can't wait the to get the boys up @ 7:00 am tomorrow for training!