Anyone been to Iceland?

[KitchenWitch]

Copycat apologies to Fountain79

[MissHoneychurch]

1. I haven't

but a friend went a couple of years ago. She loved it. I saw the pics she took. Breathtaking landscape.

[billyskank]

2. No but mum did

:hide:

[Skittles]

3. I have always wanted to go to Iceland

yes

[no name no slogan]

4. I have

Only on a layover on an IcelandAir flight from MSP to London/Gatwick. We landed at night, and it was raining. All I could see was the moss covered ground during the lightning flashes (Iceland is above the tree line, and consequently grass doesn't grow there very well).

I hope to go back one day.

[flvegan]

5. Nope, and not until they stop whaling.

Not one damn dime of my tourism dollars to them.

I know, I know...I just can't help it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear KitchenWitch!

How lovely to see you!

Nope, haven't been to Iceland.......

But you never know!

Psst...come see my pic thread!


:loveya: :hug:

[DBoon]

7. Yes

it is very beautiful.

Natural wonders - glaciers, natural hot springs for bathing, volcanos

And Rejavik is a small compact city with everything.

The air is very clear - my allergies were gone after the second day there.

And the seafood is the best I have ever had.

We brought back 2 bottles of Brennavin to remember Iceland

[Fountain79]

8. No worries...

How else are you going get the info?

[eyepaddle]

9. I have,

There was some special, roundtrip from MSP and hotel for a few hundred bucks. I quite enjoyed it; everything is geothermally heated and the buildings are properly insulated so even though I went in November it was pleasantly toasty at night.

(I'm comparing to New Zealand--Dunedin specifically, the temp's there are usually about 45 degrees outside, and 51 inside. Rather than insulate the buildings or install multi-pane windows everybody just deals with it.)

The Blue Lagoon outside Reykjavik is well worth the trip. :)

[Capn Sunshine]

10. You just reminded me

not many know this, but their Gov't bonds are smokin' hot buy right now-- the ones I'm looking at yield 9.8%

The downside of course is there's not a lot of commission in this so your broker will resist the notion, plus the reason the yield is so high is that the underlying principal is pretty depressed. However, a foreign government bond at a 9.8% yield with more safety than US bonds look great on paper.

[leftofthedial]

11. Does 28 years married to my ex count?