To celebrate Thanksgiving, 2016, several members of the family rendezvoused in Iceland. One highlight was dinner at the Fridheimar Greenhouse in Reykholt, South Iceland. There we sat in the midst of more than 10,000 tomato plants eating top-notch tomato soup and crusty bread.

Because of the long, dark winters, greenhouses are an important part of agriculture in Iceland. Parenthetically, we only enjoyed five hours of daylight per day — it was dark! But inside this warm, brightly lit greenhouse we were all very content and reluctant to leave. Greenhouses in Iceland take advantage of green energy — geothermal and hydroelectric — abundant clean water, and organic pest control.

We never saw the Aurora Borealis, but oh my the SOUP!