I'm back!
Lemme do a recap as best as possible for ya'll:
-Spent 5 days in Iceland
(4.5 really, rest was all travel time)
-some of the highlight activities included: Drinking excessively with the locals, horseback riding on funky furry pony-sized horses, hikes all around lava fields, long hot baths in geo thermal hot springs, eating some interesting foods (most of the dried out fish snacks they sell totally suck, unless if it's the haddock that's fried in some sauce-oil combo, those rock but stink to high heaven!), and that's about it. Not too much else to do, tho they really are all hyped on on this "Shopping" thing - problem is, I dont think Ive ever been to a country that had fewer cool cultural items to bring back.
-Really super nice people there - all of them really nice, dont make fun of tourists too much, all of them fluent in english, and 90+% of the women are Scandinavian goddesses. I dont even like blondes that much & I was awe-struck.
-75% of the population lives in or around Rekyavik - that means unless if you're not taking a day trip to something cool & natural, or if you're not renting a car/biking across the country, there's not a whole hell of a lot to do.
-Id say about 2 dozen of the women I saw actually look like Bjork - those are the "Idealic" Icelandic looks, too - porcelin skin, jet black hair & ice blue eyes. Cooincedently, Bjork did the Olympics & has a new cool album out, so I couldnt tell if everyone in Iceland was hyping Bjork as the 'one cool thing' from there, or if they were hyping her due to the recent good chunks of newsworthiness. I still have yet to listen to Sigour Ros. Has anyone else?
-After doing a quick count, Iceland is the 22nd country Ive visited. I miss travelling like mad, man. I havent been anywhere like this in 2 years, and I hate not being able to venture around to different cultures -- 3 yrs ago I travelled for 3 months to Japan, Nepal, Thailand & Vietnam. 2 yrs before that I spent 3 weeks in Australia & New Zealand. Immediately after that visit I asked my employer to transfer me to Sydney, but no dice. I'd love to live somewhere else. Gives a whole other perspective on how the world spins.
-Iceland is wicked expensive. The only place Ive ever been that's as expensive is Tokyo. Mind you, I live in Manhattan, and lived for 4 months in London, so Im accustomed to wicked expensive places. Just reminds me how much I hate money, and how much I value assets like skills & knowledge.
-I tought a woman how to use chopsticks yesterday. I was in an "Asian" Restaurant (it was a hybrid of Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese & Japanese) yesterday, and I started to eat my lunch with chopsticks...after a few minutes I noticed an Iceland woman of about 40 with her daughter, trying to copy my 'sticking' movements. I walked over to her booth, walked her thru the hand movements, holding positions, etc, and she was off & running! I felt so proud! I went back & ate, and when I was just about done, I noticed about 20 of the 30 people in the restaurant were using chopsticks (mind you, 20 mins before they were ALL using forks), and I heard them speaking their Icelandic gibberish pointing at the 40 yr old woman & her 3 yr old daughter who were chopsticking a pile of noodles to death - I started a mini cultural revolution, ole!
Thats all for now, ask away about whatever ya like, and Ill talk to ya'll soon!
Oh, and Im back in NYC for a while after Labor Day, so lemme know of any fun weekend plans!
Y~
Lemme do a recap as best as possible for ya'll:
-Spent 5 days in Iceland
(4.5 really, rest was all travel time)
-some of the highlight activities included: Drinking excessively with the locals, horseback riding on funky furry pony-sized horses, hikes all around lava fields, long hot baths in geo thermal hot springs, eating some interesting foods (most of the dried out fish snacks they sell totally suck, unless if it's the haddock that's fried in some sauce-oil combo, those rock but stink to high heaven!), and that's about it. Not too much else to do, tho they really are all hyped on on this "Shopping" thing - problem is, I dont think Ive ever been to a country that had fewer cool cultural items to bring back.
-Really super nice people there - all of them really nice, dont make fun of tourists too much, all of them fluent in english, and 90+% of the women are Scandinavian goddesses. I dont even like blondes that much & I was awe-struck.
-75% of the population lives in or around Rekyavik - that means unless if you're not taking a day trip to something cool & natural, or if you're not renting a car/biking across the country, there's not a whole hell of a lot to do.
-Id say about 2 dozen of the women I saw actually look like Bjork - those are the "Idealic" Icelandic looks, too - porcelin skin, jet black hair & ice blue eyes. Cooincedently, Bjork did the Olympics & has a new cool album out, so I couldnt tell if everyone in Iceland was hyping Bjork as the 'one cool thing' from there, or if they were hyping her due to the recent good chunks of newsworthiness. I still have yet to listen to Sigour Ros. Has anyone else?
-After doing a quick count, Iceland is the 22nd country Ive visited. I miss travelling like mad, man. I havent been anywhere like this in 2 years, and I hate not being able to venture around to different cultures -- 3 yrs ago I travelled for 3 months to Japan, Nepal, Thailand & Vietnam. 2 yrs before that I spent 3 weeks in Australia & New Zealand. Immediately after that visit I asked my employer to transfer me to Sydney, but no dice. I'd love to live somewhere else. Gives a whole other perspective on how the world spins.
-Iceland is wicked expensive. The only place Ive ever been that's as expensive is Tokyo. Mind you, I live in Manhattan, and lived for 4 months in London, so Im accustomed to wicked expensive places. Just reminds me how much I hate money, and how much I value assets like skills & knowledge.
-I tought a woman how to use chopsticks yesterday. I was in an "Asian" Restaurant (it was a hybrid of Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese & Japanese) yesterday, and I started to eat my lunch with chopsticks...after a few minutes I noticed an Iceland woman of about 40 with her daughter, trying to copy my 'sticking' movements. I walked over to her booth, walked her thru the hand movements, holding positions, etc, and she was off & running! I felt so proud! I went back & ate, and when I was just about done, I noticed about 20 of the 30 people in the restaurant were using chopsticks (mind you, 20 mins before they were ALL using forks), and I heard them speaking their Icelandic gibberish pointing at the 40 yr old woman & her 3 yr old daughter who were chopsticking a pile of noodles to death - I started a mini cultural revolution, ole!
Thats all for now, ask away about whatever ya like, and Ill talk to ya'll soon!
Oh, and Im back in NYC for a while after Labor Day, so lemme know of any fun weekend plans!
Y~
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