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Touring Iceland during a layover
I'm planning a trip for my daughter and mother from Seattle to Helsinki
in the fall, with one stop in Iceland. The shortest flight, which is also among the lowest cost, makes one stop in Iceland, so they want to lay over there a day or two and check it out. Does anyone have any suggestions for what a 12-year-old and a senior citizen might do in Iceland on a short visit? Also whether they will feel like doing anything on a short visit, or if they will likely need time to rest up first? Thanks, Lee |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
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Lee Choquette wrote: I'm planning a trip for my daughter and mother from Seattle to Helsinki in the fall, with one stop in Iceland. The shortest flight, which is also among the lowest cost, makes one stop in Iceland, so they want to lay over there a day or two and check it out. Does anyone have any suggestions for what a 12-year-old and a senior citizen might do in Iceland on a short visit? Also whether they will feel like doing anything on a short visit, or if they will likely need time to rest up first? They might find the Blue Lagoon relaxing and different. -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo* |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
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writes In article , Lee Choquette wrote: I'm planning a trip for my daughter and mother from Seattle to Helsinki in the fall, with one stop in Iceland. The shortest flight, which is also among the lowest cost, makes one stop in Iceland, so they want to lay over there a day or two and check it out. Does anyone have any suggestions for what a 12-year-old and a senior citizen might do in Iceland on a short visit? Also whether they will feel like doing anything on a short visit, or if they will likely need time to rest up first? They might find the Blue Lagoon relaxing and different. The original Geyser. The place where the E. and W. hemispheres meet and you can walk across. There are day tours designed for stopovers, so it shouldn't be difficult to find something. No one can predict how they will feel, but getting out into the light is one way of getting over jet lag. -- --- Sheila Page |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
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Sheila Page wrote: In message , erilar writes In article , Lee Choquette wrote: I'm planning a trip for my daughter and mother from Seattle to Helsinki in the fall, with one stop in Iceland. The shortest flight, which is also among the lowest cost, makes one stop in Iceland, so they want to lay over there a day or two and check it out. Does anyone have any suggestions for what a 12-year-old and a senior citizen might do in Iceland on a short visit? Also whether they will feel like doing anything on a short visit, or if they will likely need time to rest up first? They might find the Blue Lagoon relaxing and different. The original Geyser. The place where the E. and W. hemispheres meet and you can walk across. There are day tours designed for stopovers, so it shouldn't be difficult to find something. Day trips from whence? There was no mention of where they'd be staying if they do the stopover. A day tour is what I'd probably do if I had occasion to go through Iceland, but I've been there before. No one can predict how they will feel, but getting out into the light is one way of getting over jet lag. Yes, that's a great idea! -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
"Lee Choquette" wrote in message ... I'm planning a trip for my daughter and mother from Seattle to Helsinki in the fall, with one stop in Iceland. The shortest flight, which is also among the lowest cost, makes one stop in Iceland, so they want to lay over there a day or two and check it out. Does anyone have any suggestions for what a 12-year-old and a senior citizen might do in Iceland on a short visit? Also whether they will feel like doing anything on a short visit, or if they will likely need time to rest up first? Thanks, Lee I think you'll find that Icelandair have all sorts of offers to cover this eventuality. Since they will be flying with Icelandair a quick phone call is probably all that is required. |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
Thanks for the tips, everyone!
In article , Erilar wrote: Day trips from whence? There was no mention of where they'd be staying if they do the stopover. A day tour is what I'd probably do if I had occasion to go through Iceland, but I've been there before. Silly me, I didn't mention where they'd be staying because I hadn't even thought about it. They will be staying with relatives in Finland, but they don't have any in Iceland, so they will have to pay for lodging of some kind. What's a good place to stay, somewhat on the less expensive side, that is easy to get to from the Keflavik airport and makes a good base for day trips? Takk, Lee |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
Lee Choquette wrote:
Thanks for the tips, everyone! In article , Erilar wrote: Day trips from whence? There was no mention of where they'd be staying if they do the stopover. A day tour is what I'd probably do if I had occasion to go through Iceland, but I've been there before. Silly me, I didn't mention where they'd be staying because I hadn't even thought about it. They will be staying with relatives in Finland, but they don't have any in Iceland, so they will have to pay for lodging of some kind. What's a good place to stay, somewhat on the less expensive side, that is easy to get to from the Keflavik airport and makes a good base for day trips? If you are planning on that route because of the cost you might want to check out the prices on hotels and food first. I know a few people who have been to Iceland in the last two years and they were astounded by the prices. |
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Dave Smith wrote:
Lee Choquette wrote: Thanks for the tips, everyone! In article , Erilar wrote: Day trips from whence? There was no mention of where they'd be staying if they do the stopover. A day tour is what I'd probably do if I had occasion to go through Iceland, but I've been there before. Silly me, I didn't mention where they'd be staying because I hadn't even thought about it. They will be staying with relatives in Finland, but they don't have any in Iceland, so they will have to pay for lodging of some kind. What's a good place to stay, somewhat on the less expensive side, that is easy to get to from the Keflavik airport and makes a good base for day trips? If you are planning on that route because of the cost you might want to check out the prices on hotels and food first. I know a few people who have been to Iceland in the last two years and they were astounded by the prices. The Icelandic currency has dropped sharply, due to the banking crisis - it's much cheaper than it was last year. |
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Touring Iceland during a layover
"Lee Choquette" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tips, everyone! In article , Erilar wrote: Day trips from whence? There was no mention of where they'd be staying if they do the stopover. A day tour is what I'd probably do if I had occasion to go through Iceland, but I've been there before. Silly me, I didn't mention where they'd be staying because I hadn't even thought about it. They will be staying with relatives in Finland, but they don't have any in Iceland, so they will have to pay for lodging of some kind. What's a good place to stay, somewhat on the less expensive side, that is easy to get to from the Keflavik airport and makes a good base for day trips? Takk, Lee Keflavik is in the boonies. There is one (or maybe two) hotel in the adjacent town. Try here http://www.icelandair.us/offers-and-...es/item201519/ |
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On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Lee Choquette wrote:
I'm planning a trip for my daughter and mother from Seattle to Helsinki in the fall, with one stop in Iceland. Does anyone have any suggestions for what a 12-year-old and a senior citizen might do in Iceland on a short visit? The interesting part of Iceland is the scenery, there aren't really any monuments. Keflavik international airport is not that close but also not far from Rejkyavik, which is a modern town where most of the inhabitants live. Actually when we did an organized tour around Iceland, for the first and last night we stayed at the Icelandair airport which is near the Rejkyavik domestic airport (i.e. not Keflavik). We were on a tour, so were not interested in travelling with public transport, but I believe the main bus station is near the domestic airport. I have no idea of current costs after the currency crisis. Iceland used to be an extremely expensive place. I also have no idea of accomodation opportunities in Rejkyavik. Elsewhere in the countryside there are bed and breakfast accomodations, and during summer most schools work as hotels (Edda hotels). Sometimes also offer sleeping bag accomodation. The following sights are around Rejkyavik, any other interesting places will be definitely too far for a short visit (at least one week to do the island circuit on national road 1) : - the Blue Lagoon is located midway between Keflavik and Rejkyavik. It is a sort of thermal water resort which uses, I believe, the waste water used by their power plants (by "waste" I simply mean that water of geotermic origin is first used to produce electricity, and then for people to bath in). I would consider it the less interesting and more touristy of the list, but the surrounding scenery is ... ehm .. interesting/ - The geysers (including the one Geysir which gave name to the whole category) and the Gullfoss ("golden fall") are somewhere SE of Rejkyavik, and suitable for a day trip. It is likely there will be lot of tourists in the geyser area. The fall is instead less crowded. - the Thingvellir is somewhere NE of Rejkyavik, and is definitely worth seeing, specially if you've read something about the Viking colonization of Iceland. Its name means more or less "Parliament Plain". It's a large area where the family heads of the island met once a year in the middle ages, that's considered the first Parliament in the world. The area is characterized by some large fissures ("gya"), which are actually parts of the mid-Atlantic ridge, where the american and european crustal plates separate itself. In fact the ridge crosses Iceland, and the two most accessible plates are Thingvellir and the lake Myvatn area, but that's too far for you Depending on the season, bring mosquito protection (repellant and nets). -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- is a newsreading account used by more persons to avoid unwanted spam. Any mail returning to this address will be rejected. Users can disclose their e-mail address in the article if they wish so. |
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