Fun iya Ellen Beam ati ọmọbinrin Anne Hemingway, irin-ajo kan si Iceland tumọ si diẹ sii ju ibewo lọ si awọn ifalọkan oke rẹ ati awọn iwoye ọlanla - o jẹ ipadabọ si aaye kan nibiti igbesi aye Hemingway lairotele bẹrẹ.

Ni ọgọta ọdun sẹyin, Ellen Beam, ti o loyun oṣu mẹjọ lẹhinna, n ṣiṣẹ bi olutọju baalu lori Trans World Airlines ati irin-ajo kọja Yuroopu pẹlu ọkọ rẹ. Lakoko ọkọ ofurufu kan pato ni Oṣu kọkanla 15, ọdun 1958, Omi Beam fọ, o bẹrẹ si iṣẹ, ọkọ ofurufu naa ni lati ṣe ibalẹ pajawiri ni Iceland. Ti yara Beam sinu ifijiṣẹ o pari si bi ọmọbinrin rẹ Anne ni Ile-iwosan Keflavik (eyiti a mọ ni Ile-iṣẹ Ile-Iwọ-oorun Guusu Iwọ oorun).

Loje lori tai yii, awọn iyaafin ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Awọn irin-ajo Kensington lati gbero irin-ajo ọsẹ gigun-nla kan si Iceland ni ayẹyẹ ọjọ-ibi 60th ti Hemingway. Ile-iṣẹ irin-ajo ti ikọkọ-ikọkọ ṣeto fun iduro ni ọkan ninu awọn ile itura ti o dara julọ ti Reyjkavik; ṣeto irin-ajo ilu ti ko ni iyasọtọ ati Iboju Ariwa pẹlu awọn itọnisọna ikọkọ alamọja; o si pese awọn gbigbe gbigbe papa ọkọ ofurufu. Lati jẹ ki o jẹ iriri ti o ṣe iranti ni otitọ, ile-iṣẹ irin ajo lọ loke ati kọja nipasẹ wiwa ile-iwosan nibiti a bi Hemingway ati ṣe apejọ ipade-ati-kí pẹlu awọn oṣiṣẹ ile-iwosan ti wọn ṣiṣẹ sibẹ pada ni ọdun 1958. Iṣẹlẹ naa paapaa bo nipasẹ Iceland tobi julọ iwe iroyin Morgunblaðið.

Beam, ẹni ọdun 89 bayi, ṣe iranti ifijiṣẹ airotẹlẹ ti o sọ fun Morgunblaðið pe “o da bi pe Ọlọrun kan pinnu pe ki a [gbe ilẹ] nihin.”

"A ro pe a ni lati wa," o fikun. “A ni itan iyalẹnu ti a ro pe a ni lati pin [ati iriri papọ].”

“A ni ọla fun lati ṣe apakan ninu itan Ellen ati Anne,” ni Alison Hickey, Alakoso ti Awọn irin ajo Kensington.

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To make it a truly memorable experience, the tour company went above and beyond by locating the hospital where Hemingway was born and organizing a meet-and-greet with the hospital staff who worked there back in 1958.
For mother Ellen Beam and daughter Anne Hemingway, a trip to Iceland meant more than just a visit to its top attractions and majestic landscapes – it was a return to a place where Hemingway's life unexpectedly began.
Drawing on this tie, the ladies worked with Kensington Tours to plan a monumental week-long trip back to Iceland in celebration of Hemingway's 60th birthday.