Blogs from Southwest, Iceland, Europe - page 54

Don't be fooled by the standards of Air France, British Airways and certain others if you fly them first class across the Atlantic and assume all European carriers are quality. Icelandic Airlines is one of the few airlines flying into Reykjavik (I flew JFK---Keflavik), in fact I didn't see any other airlines parked at the very small single terminal of KFK. I don't have time to go into details now and i'll try and post some pictures later so just the quick run down: "Saga Class" is Icelandic Airlines First class and it is somewhere between a domestic carrier's idea of Coach and 1st class on Sub-3 hour flight; it's not comfy when you're on the plane for 5+ hours. Even though Mighty Ducks II taught us all that Greenland is covered with ice and Iceland ... read more

Áixí és, només resten 96 hores per començar una aventura, que estic segur serà del tot apassionant! Bé, algú molt meticulós podría dir que, si el nostre avió s'enlaira direcció a Islàndia cap al migdia, tècnicament queden més de 96 hores. Però tots els que ens coneixeu sabeu també del notre 'gafe' com a grup, la qual cosa, unit al fet que el nostre avió surt el proper divendres dia 1 d'agost..., crec que provocarà que l'aventura s'avanci una mica, i que la primera aventura la tindrem ja a l'aeroport del Prat... Avui és diumenge dia 27 de juliol, són les 23.26 hores, i sí, ho de reconèixer...JA HET FET LA LLISTA DE LES COSES A PORTAR!!! El món és divideix entre les persones que fan llista quan surten de viatge i les que no fan, ... read more

Ura je pol enajstih zvecer in zunaj je svetlo kot ob petih popoldne. Welcome to Reykjavik. In celih poletnih 12 stopinj. Pot do sem je bila nic spektakularnega. Prevoz z Gatwicka na Heathrow je bil, tako kot je napovedal Matija, hiter, tocen, ucinkovit in razmeroma drag (19 funtov v eno smer). Tja sva prisli par ur pred napovedanim poletom, rahlo zjebani zaradi (ze) casovne razlike in seveda premalo spanja, ampak bili sva pac v Angliji in dan je bilo treba zaceti s - Pimm's & lemonade, seveda. Na Heathrowu sva sprasili se nekaj funtov (na debetno kartico, itak) za razne smoothije in (organic) zelene caje, ker se nama je let premaknil za pol ure, potem smo pa res sli - lavi in mahu naproti. Na Keflaviku naju je pocakala Natalie in s seboj prinesla nadlezen dez ... read more

So, here I am in beauti...scenic...drab and grey Keflavík*. I've spent the last few hours at the airport, mostly peoplewatching, but also being bored, meeting Jesse the couchsurfer, running into Bjarki the former teacher-ish thing-guy, listening to him tell his 2 year old how ˝Daddy once saw Tinna puke because she was sooo hung over˝, et.c. Had Jesse taste Brennivín. He didn't like it. I sat next to Charlton Heston on the FlyBus. I could have sworn it was Heston if I didn't know he was dead. (Heston, that is, not the bus guy.) He was wearing a baseball cap with the phrase National ..something militaristic: Force or Service or something. He was super-yank! The plane is about to leave...and I don't want to write during take-off. *This entry is backdated. I'm actually in Prague.... read more

Jokul being the Icelandic term for glacier, of course. I´m back in Reykjavik at the moment, but unfortunately this computer doesn´t allow USB devices to be hooked up so no photos. I´ll try to find a better venue tomorrow before I head out again! I´ve covered a lot of ground since last time. First there was an exciting bus ride along the SE coast to Skaftafell. Some parts of this road were narrow, windy, and crossing a steep mountainside above the ocean. It recalled photos of those roads in Bolivia! Well, maybe not that bad. There was a stop at Jokulsarlon, a glacial lagoon where an outlet of the massive Vatnajokull icecap lies almost at sea level. Blocks of ice crumble off the glacier and into a lake, where they float around until they melt enough ... read more