Iceland Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/iceland/ Yoga by Fran Gallo Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:55:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/frangallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-making-vector-wip-favi.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Iceland Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/iceland/ 32 32 56610905 26 Photos from the Land of Fire and Ice https://frangallo.com/26-photos-from-the-land-of-fire-and-ice/ https://frangallo.com/26-photos-from-the-land-of-fire-and-ice/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:55:10 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21232 Hello. It's been a long time!  The last time I wrote a blog post was Spring 2023 and that post was about Cherry Blossoms. What happened to summer? What happened to Fran's writing? Some people have asked me if I've taken them off my mailing list. I would never do that.  I simply got [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/26-photos-from-the-land-of-fire-and-ice/feed/ 16 21232 Otherworldly Iceland! https://frangallo.com/otherworldly-iceland/ https://frangallo.com/otherworldly-iceland/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:25:23 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=21000 Research shows that the average attention span (in humans) is 8.25 seconds!  That is shorter than the attention span of a goldfish (a goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds). Can this be true? If it is true, you, my audience, will miss out on much of the above video. I did my [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/otherworldly-iceland/feed/ 4 21000 Horses of the Vikings https://frangallo.com/horses-of-the-vikings/ https://frangallo.com/horses-of-the-vikings/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2018 23:17:18 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=18092 The Icelandic horse has been around since Viking times.  It is one of the most purely bred horses in the world. No other horse has been introduced to Iceland since the Vikings settled there in the 9th century.  If an Icelandic horse is brought outside of Iceland, that horse will never be allowed to [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/horses-of-the-vikings/feed/ 3 18092 A Glimpse of Icelandic Art https://frangallo.com/a-glimpse-of-icelandic-art/ https://frangallo.com/a-glimpse-of-icelandic-art/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:14:09 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=18063 While in Reykjavik, my group and I stayed at the Hotel Holt.  I am attracted to this hotel for many reasons, such as its location which is right in the heart of the city. The hotel is within walking distance to the city's main sites, museums, cathedral, coffee shops, pubs, restaurants, and main shopping [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/a-glimpse-of-icelandic-art/feed/ 4 18063 Slideshow from the Land of Fire and Ice https://frangallo.com/slideshow-from-the-land-of-fire-and-ice/ https://frangallo.com/slideshow-from-the-land-of-fire-and-ice/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:58:12 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=18052 The following slideshow is of our recent yoga retreat in Iceland. It is a trip I hope to offer again and again.  The slideshow is set to the music of the Icelandic group Low Roar and the song playing is called Breathe In.  The words go well with the experience of being in the [...]

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