greetings from Gullfoss Iceland!
Iceland is much harder to navigate than we originally thought. Internet is sparse, the road signs are strange (we rented a car), and the majority of people we encounter aren't very nice. But there have been some very nice people (particularly in the Sri Chinmoy-decorated vegetarian restaurant we found, which was errily similar to Satisfaction Feast in Halifax, and it turned out the guy who works there knows the owner of Satisfaction Feast in Halifax!), and after leaving the immensely busy and unfriendly rekjavik in a hurry, we ran into some amazing scenery and some very quiet roads!
The flight in was great, flying over iceland was awe-inspiring, and the airport was extremely small, but very well designed (architechure and graphic-wise). There was initially a major mishap with our car rental (we repeatedly ran into people who had never heard of Kemwel rental cars), but things got worked out after we found out on a random online forum that Kemwel is a 3rd party booking company, and they actually book you an Avis rental.
Driving here is nuts, navigation is equally as hard, as all of the signs are, well, Icelandic, and the words all look the same, and apparently they all must have at least 5 sylables...
Our favorite part so far is indeed the scenery in the very uninhabited back country parts of Iceland.
On to photos:
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Iceland, Day One
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7 comments:
Hi guys! Your pictures are amazing! Iceland looks beautiful. I hope things are getting a bit easier :) Looking forward to more photos and tales. Can't wait to see the 2 of you in a few weeks!
Leanne & Jesse
the landscape looks incredible, love the billboard on how to tie a tie!!!! one must look tidy when one is driving..ha ha...hang in there... Paris beckons...
Amazing, simply amazing..to think you two have been to Iceland and are now in Paris is sooo cool!
Enjoy your trip, we look forward to visiting your blog. Love Mom & Dad
Hi, Lance and Molly. Great shots. You need to get more of the both of you. Have a great and SAFE time!
Love,
Grammy and Noah
Loving the pictures. Some of them are so poetic! I'm so sorry that there was some difficulty, but you guys seem to be on top of things. :)
Big Hug, and I hope Paris is much smoother sailing (and I'm sure the french signs will seem a lot less crazy :D)
-take good care!
I wish I were there with you!
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