Youth Hostel at Hotel Hamar Borgarnes

... good in this regard, but we always had more questions than the book could answer.

We also loved observing Icelandic agriculture. Being from a rural state that prides itself on small-scale agriculture, we were fascinated trying to piece together the story of how Icelandic farms operate. Fishing, sheep rearing, horse breeding and dairying seem to be the mainstays of Icelandic agriculture. I've already mentioned the vegetable greenhouses in the area around ...

... appropriately, we put on our weight belts. Then we put on our tanks and buoyancy compensator and suddenly I am carrying about an extra 60 pounds on my body in various places! Now I really can't move very well. Johannes has to bend over and pick up my fins and mask for me because if I bend too far, I'm going to tip right over onto my head.
We walk the 100' to the diving platform and I am definitely the penguin of the group. I can barely hobble over to the stairs.

Once at the ...

... 1 USD to spin the wheel (apparently that didn't work), and trying a few times to get behind the bar to spin myself (that didn't work either). The rest of the evening from what I can piece together consisted of a few more spins of the wheel, a trip to the pizza restaurant, and a conversation with Amy asking where we have been for the last 7 hours (it was now 9:30). Luckily for me, she was very forgiving and very tired.

... A lot of TV is also in English and even children as young as 5 are speaking fluent english. Here are some facts about Iceland for you. Icelands summers are cool but their winters are milder than that of New York with the average temperature being around 0 degrees. The realtively warm climate compared to high latitude owes itself to the gulf stream that passes by there. Iceand was settled by Vikings from other Nordic countries back in around 900AD. The Vikings used to stop off at ...

... a crime was committed here. At minimum a violation of the ATG (Association of Tour Guides) guidelines for correct behavior occurred. Helga completely dropped the ball here. As a tour guide she had one clear task under section C paragraph2: to point out interesting and significant things.How can you not point out Bjork!? I mean, if Jesus Christ was walking down the street I think I just might point him out to everyone. (I apologize if the JC/Bjork comparison offended ...

First I fly into Iceland to catch a boat to Greenland. I am going to explore up the east coast and make my base around Scoresby Sound in the village of ittoqqortoormiit. The only village in the World with its own time zone. /Users/applemac/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/1998/The WORLD/DSC04058.JPG/Users/applemac/Pictu res/iPhoto ...

... from the bus in case it tips - plan. And the bus driver is seriously indulging in snuff perhaps to keep his senses keen? And then we arrive at camp....expecting some dusty old cabins with mattresses on the floor....maybe some mutton stew for dinner. But there's this salmon dinner with fresh greens and tasty red tomatoes in a salad!! It was SAVED JUST FOR US! Just about brought me to tears. And those dusty old ...

... chose the Snaefellsjokul glacier here as his doorway into inner space in his fantastical book, Journey to the Center of the Earth. The drive is beautiful on the way there, mainly through undulating countryside with mountains to one side and sandy beaches with surf on the other. We have lunch of smoked salmon rolls by cliffs overlooking the sea, then I go for a walk by myself to the promontory and am attacked repeatedly by this huge gull (about 3-4 times the size of the ones we ...

After the first day in Iceland, I realised just how much longer it stayed light this far north in the world. Iceland is 64 degrees north, just 2 shy of the artic circle and it stays light, and I mean with sunlight from 04am to about 1am with just 3 hours of dusk! It's really confusing if you wake up in the night and think that you've slept through lunch! Anyway, after checking out the city centre yesterday which is tiny ...

... for atleast FIVE seconds straight to collect some points. I relied heavily on my best Icelandic punch-line for this. Whenever people say I´ve learned the language very well for such a short time in Iceland, I wink and say, "Ég er mjög greindur." (I´m very smart) I swear, the fits of laughter that this remark of mine gets from Icelanders every time, without failure, could probably lift me to a Jim Carrie-like comedian status with just that line alone ...