should we be worried the planes are named after volcanoes?

Icelandic Layover

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September 15th 2010
We spent about an hour in the Iceland Airport. Brief though the stop was, Bagelmonkeys made the following conclusions: - Iceland looks incredible. I was not in my usual window seat on the plane, so observations were made from afar but the landscape looked black and barren from the sky and then green and lush from the ground. Crazy mind trick! - The air was crisp and clean. Afte ... read more

Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Reykjavík

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Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland ... ... read more