bttrodtwlion<br > "So， what s your schedule like these days?" a travel writer friend of<br > mine recently asked on the phone.<br > "Well， I leave for Iceland Friday and I ll be there for a week."<br > "Oh， Iceland--I love Iceland， Be sure to go to the restaurant<br > 0oinsve in Reykjavik. Order the Arctic charr. When you get back，<br > we ll have to get together， but after I get back from Barbados."<br > "You re going to Barbados? You ve got to call my friend Margaret<br > when you re down there. She knows everything there is to know<br > about Barbados. In fact， I m going there next month to update my<br > book."<br > "Oh well， maybe H1 wait and go with you. (Pause as she looks at<br > her calendar). No， actually， I can t. I ll be driving down the coast of<br > Oregon for a story."<br > "Oregon. Lucky you. There s a wonderful inn in Newport ~ ~ ."<br > If a so-called "normal" person (or a "mortal" as my friend Tad<br > refers to people who are not travel writers) heard this conversation，<br > xv<br >