Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Iceland Trip Favorites

1.  Favorite sight or activity?

Lynne: Glacier zodiac boat ride
Susan: The zodiac tour of the glacial lagoon
Pam: Haifoss
Kevin: Off road ride to the back of the glacier and to the black sand beach with the Brevinnin
Carol: The waterfall you can walk behind (Seljalandfoss)
Pierre: Glacier zodiac boat ride
Rich: Zodiac ride in glacial lagoon
Meg: The zodiac glacier tour

2.  Second favorite sight or activity?

Carol: The zodiac ride
Lynne: Double waterfall with the rainbows (Haifoss)
Pierre: The hike to the oasis waterfall with the puppy dog.
Susan: Walking through the 300 year old moss
Rich: Seljalandfoss -- the waterfall you can walk behind and/or diamond beach
Kevin: Walk amongst the moss covered volcanic rock. 
Meg: Diamond Beach and the Floating Iceberg
Pam: Petting the Iceland Horses

3.  Favorite hotel?

Pam: Hotel Ranga
Pierre: Fosshotel Hekla
Rich: All okay
Meg: Hotel Ranga
Lynne: Hotel Ranga
Susan:  Hotel Ranga -- I loved the polar bear in the lobby!
Kevin: Hotel Ranga
Carol: Hotel Ranga

4.  Favorite food?

Pierre and Lynne: The last night at the Grill restaurant, the gourmet meat platter and the gourmet fish platters.  Lynne's runner-up was the scallops appetizer at Hotel Ranga
Rich: Fresh hot cinnamon bun from the bakery in Reykjavik
Meg: Cinnamon buns at the bakery in Reykjavik
Carol: Lamb soup
Susan: The Vanilla bun from Braud and Co. in Reykjavik was AMAZING!!
Kevin: Impromptu lunch at the farmhouse
Pam: Local beer and sandwiches at the farmhouse

5.  Something interesting you learned about Iceland?

Rich: Lava rocks are much harder and sharper than I thought!
Kevin: How outside of Reykjavik there are no towns, just beautiful countryside and nature.
Meg: Iceland is one of the few countries that is still growing.
Pam: Brennevin rocks!
Carol: How far apart everything is!
Lynne and Pierre: Don't step on 300 year old moss!
Susan: The government (and tour guides) protect 300 year old moss... 

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