Iceland

Iceland is cool. It’s a big volcanic island with ice and snow in some parts. It is also the land of sucking money rapidly from tourists and transient flight crews.
We arrived in Iceland, finally getting out ahead of the slow moving weather. The approach was somewhat bumpy, but nearly as much as Greenland. We were in the clear on final.
The first thing we noticed was the cold, of course. It was freezing, and with the wind blowing it seemed even colder. We were glad to be here, on our way though. We quickly unloaded and headed for the hotel, which fortunately was within walking distance of the FBO.
It was a nice, modern hotel with a very much a Scandinavian flavor to it. There were all sorts of European tourists floating about…leaving no doubt in our mind that we had finally arrived in Europe.
Reykjavik is a very modern clean place. No trash or bill boards or anything. After we quickly checked in to our hotel, we caught a cab downtown for dinner. We wound up at a little pub in downtown Reykjavik. It had a sports bar kind of flavor to it…and the place was pretty deserted except for a few die hard locals watching soccer on the flat screen tv’s. Apparently, nobody goes out in Iceland except very late at night on the weekends. However….I spent 40 bucks on two beers, a chicken sandwhich(think frozen chicken patty) and fries. They served the fries with mayo. Very chic in Europe apparently.Any way, we eventually went back to the hotel to get ready for a quick overnight and our flight to Scotland.