{"id":4603,"date":"2012-08-30T11:20:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:52:03","slug":"thursday-august-30-2012-most-people-get-lucky-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=4603","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, August 30, 2012 \u2014 Most People Get Lucky In Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a flight enlivened by bone-rat\u00adtling tur\u00adbu\u00adlence and a mad\u00adwoman mak\u00ading a scene in the plane, my first glimpse of Ice\u00adland was, appro\u00adpri\u00adate\u00adly, the bright glac\u00adi\u00ader of Snae\u00adfell\u00adsj\u00f6kell (see pre\u00advi\u00adous entry), fol\u00adlowed by a rapid descent into Keflavik. From the air\u00adport, it was a hour\u00b4s bus ride across chaot\u00adic black lava fields to Reykjavik.<\/p>\n

Walk\u00ading the streets of the lit\u00adtle cap\u00adi\u00adtal gave me a strong first impres\u00adsion. Some things here look Euro\u00adpean, but the over\u00adwhelm\u00ading resem\u00adblance is to the towns of East\u00adern Cana\u00adda. You could eas\u00adi\u00adly mis\u00adtake a block of down\u00adtown Reyk\u00adjavik for St. John\u00b4s, New\u00adfound\u00adland, or per\u00adhaps Hal\u00adi\u00adfax. The peo\u00adple even seem to walk the same way, and have the same looks on their faces.<\/p>\n

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I have already had a most enjoy\u00adable encounter with Sig\u00adur\u00addur J\u00f3n \u00d3laf\u00ads\u00adson and Inga Gu\u00f0b\u00adjarts\u00add\u00f3t\u00adtir, who gave me a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive overview of the city\u00b4s neigh\u00adbour\u00adhoods. This was the first of what I sus\u00adpect will turn out to be many delight\u00adful and infor\u00adma\u00adtive conversations.<\/p>\n

At the moment, I am jet-lagged, my body demand\u00ading sleep. But tomor\u00adrow, I will beg\u00ading seri\u00adous explor\u00ading on foot.<\/p>\n

The title is a direct quote from Inga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a flight enlivened by bone-rat\u00adtling tur\u00adbu\u00adlence and a mad\u00adwoman mak\u00ading a scene in the plane, my first glimpse of Ice\u00adland was, appro\u00adpri\u00adate\u00adly, the bright glac\u00adi\u00ader of Snae\u00adfell\u00adsj\u00f6kell (see pre\u00advi\u00adous entry), fol\u00adlowed by a rapid descent into Keflavik. From the airport, \u2026<\/p>\n

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