Hilton Iceland

... the 2nd we start in Boston and leave from new york!! This should be intersting!!! Quick itinery - 1st Aug - Edinburgh - Iceland - Boston 1st, 2nd, 3rd - Hilton Hotel Boston 3rd-4th - pick up the hire car and head to cape Cod (thunderbird Motel - yes ...

... the Flybus, which are always awaiting incoming flights and will drop you off at most hotels in Reykjavik.  We had rented a car for the week so this is how we traveled.  ****************** Next Iceland posting:  The Golden ...

... x Braukaf     1 x letta.portskur     1 x Sjavarrettapasta Any guesses as to what we ate. See pics for clues. A stroll along the water front concluded our first day in Iceland. We are excited about the coming 10 ...

... eats when he's in Reykjavik so it must be good.   Well it's no Japadog but Baejarins Beztu is certainly authentic Iceland. A very nordic looking fisherman was ordering his lunch when we arrived. The wind didn't seem to bother him much, but we were ...

... , but the flight was pretty good. We sat next to a geology professor from Penn State named Pete who was coming to Iceland with 2 students to do research. After we landed in Keflavik fate finally caught up with me. Icelandair lost my pink suitcase with ...

Day 11 Monday 12 September Today we bid a fond farewell from Iceland after driving 2985 km.Today we visit the famous Blue Lagoon for a thermal swim and mud bath. We are disappointed to know that it is a man made lagoon developed from the spare capacity of ...

The Iceland Express check-in lady is still there, waiting for passengers checking in for another Iceland Express flight to elsewhere in Europe.  I don't know what A says to her because I have wandered off to the wrong check-in counter.  I see him wildly ...

I could not have imagined that my first week could be so perfect, except for the rain!  We walked behind crashing waterfalls, dipped our hand in 190° hot springs, took a boat tour on a glacier lagoon full of icebergs, hiked to a glacier, and ...

After a short refreshing nap we had a very nice dinner at a place called Vegamont. Very nice and not too expensive. The final night of the Airwaves festival was tonight and we saw some interesting bands, to say the least. I´ll have pictures posted ...

... for today and headed toward the lake and museums.  After walking around the length of the lake, I found the National Museum of Iceland and went in.  I bullied the woman at the desk and she gave me a senior discount even though I wasn't entitled ...

... -expensive if it hadn't already included everything. Our next stop on the Museum tour of Reykjavik was the National Museum of Iceland (again, included with our Welcome Card).  The museum contained a ton of interesting information, such as that at one ...

... Small sausage that was pretty good Delicious Coffee   We just took a quick nap and are getting ready to head out to the Iceland Airwaves Concert tonight.  I expect it to be wild and tiring as it goes until all hours of the night.  This is ...

... to me so it wasn't so bad.  It was very hard to sleep so I don't think I got much sleep at all. We arrived in Iceland shortly after 6 am.  They are on GMT.  There appears to be a 5 hour difference between home in NY and here.  I got ...

... The Volcano House had attracted me on my way to the restaurant so I went back there and saw two 20 min documentaries on volcanoes in Iceland.  This was pricey - most of the museums I went to were less than $15 but this was over $20 US.  It was ...

...  Due to the greenhouses, Iceland can grow a lot of plants that other European countries can't typically grow.  For example, Iceland is Europe's number one banana producing country.  Of course, there are some down sides to putting a town on ...

... and was a thrill-seeker (as evidenced by his driving). Paloma and Armando were our tourmates from Mexico City and had come to Iceland because no one in Mexico goes to Iceland! First we went to Thingvellir (the site of the first parliament) which is ...

... of roads and sidewalks are still covered with snow and ice although they do use salt here.  Surprising, since otherwise Iceland seems very environrmentally conscious.  There are recycle bins for bottles and cans at restaurants and not totally ...