Iceland at present day is only 300k people. And that's only recently compared to recent Independence in 1940s. Prior to that it was under Danish and Norwegian rule (12th century) as an extension of sparse groups.
I think this is why they really don't have an established cuisine identity. Aside from some pickled fish, veggie soup & goat head, the rest is pretty standard 'European'.
The Rejkjavik (capital) is very cosmopolitan. It's bigger than Boston & Cambridge combined. It has tons of diverse food and is hardly different than Newbury St. or NYC's 5th avenue (Asian, American bars, burgers, French, Italian, you name it).
In the countryside, they also offer standard European fare for dinner. The guest houses serve typical continental breakfast minus the cooked eggs. It's just boiled eggs.
I assume you don't speak Icelandic, how did you find communication with people?
A couple are of Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon. IIRC the next to last was on the way to a central region glacier (Langjökull or Hofsjökull?) where I went dogsledding. The falls are Hraunfossar in the central region about 100km east of Borgarnes. The last is of Reykjavik harbor. Have some more on dropbox of the Snæfellsnes peninsula and other spots but can't access right now.
I just did a random search for flights from Toronto to Iceland at the end of April. About $1100-$1200 round trip per person. Pearson is such an expensive airport to fly out of. Even domestically. Which is why I don't travel often. The low dollar doesn't help either. We still get paid the same whether it's worth $1 US of $0.70 US.
Iceland is on my list though. I'd be really tempted to run around yelling Fus Ro Dah at people.
Definitely cheaper than you'd think. It's cheaper than going to Africa or Asia or those crazy exotic places.
Flight is $500-600 RT (from east coast). Guest houses are $100-120 USD a night and they always serve full breakfast (and we always made sandwiches for lunch- free 2 meals).
Car rental was $20~30 a day.
? Pearson is cheaper to fly out of internationally than Detroit from what i have seen, not sure about Buffalo but i doubt there are very many international flights from there.
Wow, awesome pictures, thanks! I think I'm going to add it to the list of places I'd like to visit. And, assuming I'm converting correctly, prices seem quite low there. (1.490, kr is about $11 US? - the lobster price in the window.)
Awesome. I'm going in the middle of April and have NO IDEA what to do. I have a week to cram as much life inside me as possible.
You have an itinerary you want to share?
Thank you for the pictures. I'm trying to plan a trip to Iceland in mid September. Could you share any pointers/recommendations/lessons?