Franz Josef

On the 15th day of the honeymoon, we spent the day hiking on Franz Josef glacier. We had to be there at 8:15 AM which was quite difficult for us (those of you who know us know that we are NOT morning people). Anyway, we got to the base/guide place, got out gear, and then on the bus.

We then spent about 8 hours hiking on the glacier. We were decided to be in the slowest/photo taking group but I was still sore for a couple days from all the steps up and down the glacier. It was really cool to watch our guide use a pick axe to carve steps out of the ice. I think this was my favourite day of the honeymoon. It was the most physically demanding but it was an adventure. Climbing a glacier was also something I've really wanted to do since we were in Norway in 2004 and didn't get to hike on that glacier. Anyway, when we finished our hike, our guide informed us that we had hiked about 8 miles on the glacier!

Most of these pictures were taken with John's camera, by either of us. We shared the camera on the hike. I had mine with us as well but it got heavy to carry around.