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From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning)
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Subject: Re: Iceland/Greenland recommendations?
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 21:27:25 EDT
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh

First, if you want to get off the beaten track in Iceland, all you have to do
is go about 2 miles outside Reykjavik.  There are no highway signs.  There are
almost no paved highways.  The weather is cool, wet, and very windy.  There is
bus service which circles the island.  There is a chain of Edda "Hotels" which
are at or near ten of the nicest spots.  These are actually schools.  Since it
is impractical for many of the school children to commute to school, many stay
in public boarding schools.  During the summer months these boarding schools
become Hotel Eddas.  The Hotel Eddas had no menus and served family style,
usually seafood.  My wife and I are not seafood eaters, but the meals at the
Hotel Eddas were fantastic.  We traveled by bus, and the hotels were set up to
serve the bus passengers.  The bus, or van as it usually was, frequently took
off across country with no signs of any vehicle ever going there before to show
us one of their trees or sea lions.  Their trees are about 10 feet tall and
not very often seen.  Take lots of money.  Everything is expensive unless you
get a package from Icelandic Airlines.  Then you start with at least a 20%
discount off. The language is an old Viking tongue similar to Danish.