Hello Iceland!!!

Odd mud bubbly moonscape looking Iceland!

Good morning! We just wanted to let you all know that we´re safe and sound and staying with the NICEST host ever!!! She picked us up from the BSI (prounounced ¨B S E¨ here) bus stop after giving us directions from the airport, and now we have keys to her apartment on Kársnesbraut street? in Kopavogur (near Reykjavik) and directions\maps for getting around town on our own. Iceland is incredibly beautiful. Even before we got off the plane, we were greeted by the sight of wild flowers that looked like fields of lavender and craggy rocks that looked like a moonscape. The bus ride was even fun because of the gorgeous landscape views, including the volcanos in the distance!! It looks other-worldly here, and we´re so grateful to be here.

Iron Maiden´s plane!

Oh, and the very first thing we saw outside of the Iceland Air plane we took here was Iron Maiden´s airplane!! Now we can't stop singing Wheatus' Teenage Dirtbag song!

We just enjoyed some pastries from a local 'bakeri' that Ester our hostess took us to. She´s just left for work, so we´re on our own and looking forward to day 1 of our adventure!! Sal's sneaking in a mini-nap, since he only slept for 20 minutes on our red eye flight! I think I got four hours of sleep in, but it's only 6:42 a.m. to our bodies, and we want to go hiking and explore the downtown still! Loving the zero humidity and 60 degree temperature that feels like 55...

Tomorrow Ester is taking us all around hiking, to a beach and to a cave. The water here is so cold (think 5° Celsius) that they have created one beach for sunbathing, where they've heated the water right around the surf and brought in sand for laying out! haha

Oh, and an interesting tidbit we read on the plane - modern day Icelanders are able to understand much ancient literature written by the Vikings because the language is so similar to theirs. More to come on this entry later!

Missing everyone back home, but soo looking forward to our adventure!

Much love,

JiLL & Sal

ps - check out these cool symbols on Ester's packard bell laptop keyboard. ð æ þ ö Fun! haha

pss- Facebook won't work - boo ;)




Iron Maiden´s airplane for their tour!