FUN-travel: Reykjavik, Iceland to London, UK
February 17, 2015 by Susan Clarke
Day 54 – Sunday, August 24 – Reykjavik, Iceland to London, England – full on clouds – high 50’s
Ittoqqortoormitt, Greenland
What I LIKE
- 8:15 – wake up
- 8:45 – get up to more good hot espresso
- – nice lazy morning
- 11:00 – check out of apt – leave bags in office
- 11:15 – walk for brunch
- *11:25 – arrive Le Bistro
- 11:40 – order 2 cappuccinos classic burger & grilled veggie plate
- **12:45 – Kaffir – get take away quiche – saved $50 by doing this option
- 1:00 – shuttle to train station on time
- 1:15 – airport bus on time – starts sprinking
- 2:00 – arrive airport – very efficient check in
- – more than a dozen people to check bags
- – 2 helpers get luggage tags from self service kiosk
- – NO BAGGAGE NAZIS!
- *** – security live very fast & efficient too!
- 2:30 – tax refund counter – more efficiency at its finest!
- – only 4 people waiting for credit card refund
- – cash line is 2 rows long snaking thru the airport
- – don’t even ask to see my items
Ittoqqortoormitt, Greenland
- ****Duty free wine – more Viña Maipo wines –
- Gran Devoción 2010 – syrah/petite syrah – 90 pts Wine Advocate & Vitrol Carmenere
- 2:50 – lunch – 2 tandori wraps to go
- # flight takes off on time – only 2.5 hrs long
- 7:50 – arrive early
The Norther Lights We Slept Through
- Breeze thru customs
- Luggage already on belt
- Get directions to Terminal 5 – FREE express train runs every 15 minutes
- 9:00 – arrive Sofitel Hotelin Terminal 5
- Don’t have to deal w/taxi & schlepping bags – this is a transit hotel
- Get upgraded to King bed! YEAH
- ##12:30 – night night
Bardarbunga Volcano Eruption We Missed Too!
What I DON’T LIKE
- *only have high bar stool seats w/no backs – wait for table
- – breakfast is over at 11:30 & now only offer
- huge brunch plates w/fruit, yogurt, breads – too much food!
- 12:00 – told they’re out of buns & running to store
- 12:30 – still no food
- 12:40 – walk out! Starving!
- **ordered chicken & got veggie
Monacobreen, Svalbard, Norway
- ***very sensitive as my jewelry goes off and I hardly have any
- ****charge $2 for a plastic bag & didn’t tell us
- # no jetway – have to schlep on bus to plane
- Arrive Terminal 1 & need to get to Terminal 5
- Pretty sterile hotel – no view to outside
- – window looks across to another room window
- ## had to move clock ahead
Monacobreen
FUN-fact – Reykjavik is the most northern capital in the world and Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
More FF – They sell a product called Skyr which is pretty good. Like strained yogurt and it has been a part of their cuisine for over a 1000 years.
More FF – When NASA was looking for a place on Earth that most resembled the moon’s surface, they found it in Iceland.
More Eruptions