Comments | railwaymadness: the library has failed me!

railwaymadness

the library has failed me!

Aug 24, 2006 10:38

What with my efforts to get the Reykjavik guidebook I wanted from the county library having all failed and Amazon refusing to ship it for 2-5 weeks, I devoted last night to scouring bookstores. And it worked! Yay! Footprint Reykjavik, you are mine ( Read more... )

travel, shopping

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judithiscariot August 24 2006, 14:48:22 UTC

but can you wear those jeans to work?

railwaymadness August 24 2006, 14:52:38 UTC

I am wearing them right now!

They're not super trendy but they do fit and only cost $20 so I mostly bought them for work. I am so petty.

But I have new jeans! Yay!

larksdream August 24 2006, 14:52:27 UTC

Are you going on a journey to the center of the earth?

railwaymadness August 24 2006, 14:56:27 UTC

Hee!

Mostly I'm trying to figure out what to do since it looks like The Icelandic Phallological Museum might not be open past September 10th. Woe is me! I will have to console myself by soaking in outdoor geothermal hot tubs.

larksdream August 24 2006, 14:58:37 UTC

*clicks link*
*is silent for a few moments*

They have long, long winters in Iceland, don't they?

railwaymadness August 24 2006, 15:14:17 UTC

Hahahaha! Yes, I think they do. And it appears to make the residents super fun!

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dr_mewwi August 24 2006, 15:36:35 UTC

rent a car!! I was there in May, and renting a car was the best thing we did. Reykjavik (the city itself) is rather less than attractive, the countryside is the appealing bit, and public transportation is pretty limited. Just driving around from cool place to little village to awesome geothermic vista was the best part. And hiking up a mountain. Also, you must go pony riding! The icelandic ponies are desperately cute and friendly and manageable even for small people with no clue about horses. I didn't think I'd enjoy it but was grinning like an idiot the entire time.

railwaymadness August 26 2006, 15:56:55 UTC

We won't be renting a car this time. We're there for three and a half days. One day will be spent on the famous Golden Circle tour. One day our host will be touring us around. I was planning to spend one day wandering around the city but now I am quite enamoured of this pony-riding idea! I think we'll have to see how things pan out when we get there and try to fit in some pony time. Because, in the immortal words of Slashdot, "OMG Ponies!"

dr_mewwi August 26 2006, 20:25:02 UTC

Yay, ponies! Icelandic ponies aren't only cute, but unique and interesting too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_horse You can do half-day pony rides -- most of them are part of a package tour including other Things To Do, but you can also arrange directly with the pony farms. And in case you need extra convincing, icon is a cute rolling pony, just after being unsaddled...