Name Brands: Ring Road, Golden Circle, Silfra, Northern Lights, Stuðlagil, Blue Lagoon, Reynisfjara, Jökulsárlón
FYI
- VERY expensive country
- Need 10 days ideally to visit
- Major cities: Reykjavík, Vik, Egilsstaðir
- Main airlines: Icelandic air
- Main Airport: Keflavík
- Language– Icelandic, english
- Currency: Icelandic Króna
- Tipping: no
- Never needed cash
- Discount Grocery: Kronan, Bonus
- Drive: on RIGHT
- Summer= sun never fully sets
- Winter= hardly any sun
- MUST rent a car getting around here
- Filling up gas is confusing- follow link
- Pay machine for parking at every attraction (rip off)
- Hard to find laundramats in Iceland (hotel laundry is VERY expensive)
- Plus no sun so hard to dry if doing in sink
Terms: “Foss”= waterfall
“Yodel” = glacier
Vik= bay
Almost every attraction is located within one of these
RING ROAD: highway that goes around the whole country
Golden Circle– a mini ring road outside of Reykjavík (complete in 1/2 day)
Terms “Ring Road” and “Golden Circle” gets overused way too much
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