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13. august to 30. august 2001

Iceland

Henning Nielsen
2005-09-21 18:51:34

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Monday august 13'th

Leaving Vejle by train at 4.48 om. Direct to Kastrup Airport. As usual im there in good time before my departure with Icelandair at 10.20.

The plane is full. Mostly icelandics. Some of them make good use of the bar during the trip. The trip takes a little more than 3 hours, but there is a 2 hours time-difference, so it's only 11.30 as we arrive in Keflavik. Then it's the flybus - to Reykjavik and Hotel Atlantis - I check in at about 2 am.

Tuesday august 14'th

I wake up at 9 am. It's a lovely day - a little cold compared to back home - but the sun is shining.

Now for the first look at this place. I take a long walk to Downtown Reykjavik from the hotel. According to the hotels homepage this should be done in 10 minuttes!. That's a lie. It takes a little more than half an hour. I take a walk along the harbour, before i turn to the BSI, which is the mainpoint for busses to other places on Iceland.

I find a bus to ?ingvellir. Back in the old viking-days people gathered here for "Alting" - a kind of parliement these days - hvor things were discussed and heads were rolling. Read more about that in the Icelandic sagas. It's an exiting and beutiful place. I walk around for 3 hours before the bus returns to Reykjavik.

From here I take the local bus back to Atlantis. Some fastfood, some relaxation and back to bed.

Wednesday august 15'th

By bus to ?órsmörk, an impressive place some 3 hours drive from Reykjavik. You don't have to get far outside Reykjavik before nature gets something special. Lots of lava-fields and strange nature. The last hour of the trip is on a special bus. There is a reason for that. The "road" is pure stone-desert, and quite some times we have ...