Quote: (08-13-2008 04:12 PM)Roissy Wrote:
Anybody been there? One of my readers lives in reykjavik and offered to show me around. I've heard good things about Iceland, from the hot exotic-looking women to the great nightlife. americans poll well over there i've been told.
Advice on places to visit, hotels, itinerary, etc much appreciated.
I was in Reykjavik about a year ago with my old lady and a buddy who lives in London. I was surprised by the amount of diversity (looks and body type, not race!) among the women. I expected all of them to be 6 foot tall Scandinavians, or perhaps Bjork, but they are not as across-the-board hot as, say Estonia, Denmark or Norway. (Haven't been to Sweden). Don't get me wrong, there are a LOT of 9s and 10s, but there's a good number of chubby, odd looking ones. It may have something to do with darkness 3 months out of the year.
One night, while getting ready to go out (as the sun was setting, around midnight) we caught some of the Jungfrau Island (also knows as "Miss Iceland") competition on TV. Later that night we saw some stunners who looked a lot like those girls... because of course they were! (Helpfully, THEY WERE STILL WEARING THEIR SASHES, which aided in identification. Awesome). Anyway, keep in mind that the entire country is probably smaller than most folks' home town... so that all the clubs in the country are pretty much on a couple blocks in the middle of town.
Oh, and people get SERIOUSLY fucked up. There seemed to be lots of people doing blow in the bathrooms, projectile vomiting by 11 pm, and girls jumping out of second story windows by 3 am. (She finally climbed back in after teetering on the windowsill for a good 10 minutes). The streets are filled with vomit and broken glass at 5 am, but by the time you wake up the next afternoon, the streets are clean and everything looks back to normal.
Keep in mind that even in summer, it is never really warm. (We were there in June and I'm pretty sure that down by the water it was close to 50 degrees, and WINDY). It's also expensive, but all-in-all, loads of fun. Given how small the place is, unless you're into nature and want to drive around the island, you can probably get enough of Reykjavik in a loong weekend.
(Agree about the Sigur Ros DVD comment... or try and catch it on Sundance Channel in High definition. Amazing).