YAY ICELAND! I think I missed some of your posts about the trip, so forgive me if you've already talked about this, but what was the icelandic food like?
Surprisingly good! A lot of fish and other things from the sea, and a lot of lamb and horse because it seems like the entire island is farms with herds of those two.
Boyfriend tried shark with Icelandic aquavit and made some faces but decided against sampling whale or puffin 'cause they're endangered and not hunted "sustainably," whatever that might mean. (Usually he's a major food tourist, but not heartlessly so.) I most just had a lot of fish and veggies.
I'm glad boyfriend didn't try puffin! Though I didn't realize they were endangered. And now I'm really curious what whale tastes like. I bet the fish was fantastic
i wanted to ask -- did you drive around or take a tour? i'm pretty good with getting around on my own, but driving in other countries freaks me out a bit.
We drove. Honestly, it was fine as long as you don't mind narrow/rural/hilly roads that occasionally switch to gravel. They drive on the right side and have licensing reciprocity with the U.S., so it really wasn't a big deal at all. As opposed to in Ireland, where we also drove around, and Boyfriend was a champ with figuring out how to safely drive on the left. He did all the driving there and almost all of it on this trip, because he prefers driving and I prefer not driving and also knitting.
Also, tours are expensive and immutable, and we like being able to do our own thing more on the cheap! But at least in that country they definitely get you to places you couldn't get on your own, like the highlands or certain glaciers and geological features and things. So if we went back with more money, we might do like a day tour to be able to do that. (Or to do a day trip to Greenland. Which exist but cost like $800/person, so that did not happen on this go-round.)
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Boyfriend tried shark with Icelandic aquavit and made some faces but decided against sampling whale or puffin 'cause they're endangered and not hunted "sustainably," whatever that might mean. (Usually he's a major food tourist, but not heartlessly so.) I most just had a lot of fish and veggies.
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Don't know about whale, but shark apparently has a kick to it, and the waiter at that place warned us very strongly away from skate.
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i wanted to ask -- did you drive around or take a tour? i'm pretty good with getting around on my own, but driving in other countries freaks me out a bit.
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Also, tours are expensive and immutable, and we like being able to do our own thing more on the cheap! But at least in that country they definitely get you to places you couldn't get on your own, like the highlands or certain glaciers and geological features and things. So if we went back with more money, we might do like a day tour to be able to do that. (Or to do a day trip to Greenland. Which exist but cost like $800/person, so that did not happen on this go-round.)
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