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Travelzoo said:
@Soundwave, tell us about your foray into Iceland :nah:
I was listening to a podcast and they made it sound like such an odd place, but in a good way. Restaurants work on the honor system, the Pirate Bay actually has it's own political party there and the Mayor of the largest city -
sounds like a completely different world.
I was listening to a podcast and they made it sound like such an odd place, but in a good way. Restaurants work on the honor system, the Pirate Bay actually has it's own political party there and the Mayor of the largest city -
sounds like a completely different world.
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@Soundwave, tell us about your foray into Iceland :nah:
I was listening to a podcast and they made it sound like such an odd place, but in a good way. Restaurants work on the honor system, the Pirate Bay actually has it's own political party there and the Mayor of the largest city -
Remind me again on Sunday, I'll go into detail
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Remind me again on Sunday, I'll go into detail
Damn my nikka didn't even hit me with a trailer.
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But What Is There To Do In Houston,Texas?I Have To Go Out There For Work And I Wanna Do Something Fun While I'm Out There.
@Soundwave, tell us about your foray into Iceland :nah:
I was listening to a podcast and they made it sound like such an odd place, but in a good way. Restaurants work on the honor system, the Pirate Bay actually has it's own political party there and the Mayor of the largest city -
Culture
The nightlife in Reykjavik was decent. There were lots of little bars that weren't too packed even on a Saturday. The club scene was different though. We went to this one tiny club in the middle of the main street downtown. I don't know if it was the size of the club or just general Icelandic (lack of) etiquette, but they just don't care about anyone in their vicinity. I went to the bar to get some drinks and lost about half of it trying to get back to my spot. People just kept dancing and not even attempting to get out of the way.
In Scotland, the people are genuinely nice - the locals, the service people, everyone was friendly, and it seemed genuine. Case in point: we were talking to two of the locals at a bar. They were from England, but were in Scotland for business. So one of them goes to the bathroom, and the other guy was trying to guess our ages and telling about how our group looks so young, and I said "Black don't crack." So his friend comes back and we put him on the spot to guess our ages, and he also said "Black don't crack" :lolhov:
Activities
If you would have told me that I would be exploring caves in Iceland at any part of my life, I would called you a damn liar, but that's exactly what we did. We did tons of outdoor stuff - cave exploring (Buri in Leitahraun, Icelandic Lava Tube Caves, Buri Cave, Buri Lava Tube, Caving Iceland), hiking on glaciers (Jokulsarlon | Glacier Lagoon Iceland | Vatnajokull Glacier Iceland | Gesthouse Farm Hali Sudursveit), going to waterfalls. It was a great experience, not gonna lie. After the cave exploring, we went to the Blue Lagoon (Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa in Iceland), which was somewhat disappointing. The water was warm, not exactly hot; you had to stay near the edges to get any kind of really hot water. The hot springs I went to in Japan were much better. Apparently
was there the same time that we were, but we didnt see him; I assume he wanted to be private and not be bothered by anyone 
We went along the Golden Loop and drove out to the Geysir (Geysir). Its self explanatory the geyser goes off every five minutes, so we hung around taking action pictures with the eruption in the background. We had to retreat when we got soaked by it, though; theres no way to tell exactly where the water will splash, so you could be safe in one spot during one eruption and get drenched in the same spot the next time.
We wanted to catch the Aurora Borealis, but we didn't find out until the last day of the trip that we had just missed the best time of year to catch it
We stayed in Glasgow while in Scotland and we went to the University of Glasgow to check out the William Hunter Museum (http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/). Its named after William Hunter, who is one of Scotlands most renowned figures in science and anatomy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hunter_(anatomist)). Im not much of a museum person, but I really enjoyed it.
Our main goal in Scotland was going to the castles in Edinburgh. The whole town looks like the old school castles. The architecture there is beautiful:
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Food
Since Iceland is basically an island, the cuisine is very much seafood based. They also have a lot of lamb in their meals; I must have had lamb at least once every day I was there.
Our last night there we went to Florubordid (Fjorubordid, Stokkseyri - Restaurant Reviews - TripAdvisor). Those langoustines were amazing:
Scotland apparently is home to the best Indian food outside of India, a fact I didn't know before our trip. So we hit up this Indian place called Akbar's (Akbars | Authentic Indian Cuisine | Glasgow ) and it did not disappoint. The most impressive thing on the menu was the family naan - it's essentially a huge piece of naan bread, I'd say that it's as big as my torso, no exaggeration.
On the last night of the trip, we ate at The Three Chimneys, which is apparently the 15th-ranked restaurant in the world. It definitely lived up to the hype. We got the seven course tasting menu, which changes regularly (what's on the website now isn't what we had). This is our menu:
And some of the dishes:
: Smoked Fish - Colbost Skink, Marag & Talisker Crumb, Local Craft Egg Yolk
: Prawns – Loch Donvegan Langoustines with Tattie Scones & Bridget’s Organic Meslun
: Venison – Saddle & Haunch of Lochlash Venison with Celeriac Purry, Mixed Beets and Blaeberries
I don’t think I can accurately describe how great the food was, so I won’t even try. I will just say that the restaurant deserves all the accolades it gets.
For the record, I was not the only black person in Iceland, but I was definitely in the minority.
In Scotland, there were more black people.
Since Iceland is basically an island, the cuisine is very much seafood based. They also have a lot of lamb in their meals; I must have had lamb at least once every day I was there.
Our last night there we went to Florubordid (Fjorubordid, Stokkseyri - Restaurant Reviews - TripAdvisor). Those langoustines were amazing:
Scotland apparently is home to the best Indian food outside of India, a fact I didn't know before our trip. So we hit up this Indian place called Akbar's (Akbars | Authentic Indian Cuisine | Glasgow ) and it did not disappoint. The most impressive thing on the menu was the family naan - it's essentially a huge piece of naan bread, I'd say that it's as big as my torso, no exaggeration.
On the last night of the trip, we ate at The Three Chimneys, which is apparently the 15th-ranked restaurant in the world. It definitely lived up to the hype. We got the seven course tasting menu, which changes regularly (what's on the website now isn't what we had). This is our menu:
And some of the dishes:
I don’t think I can accurately describe how great the food was, so I won’t even try. I will just say that the restaurant deserves all the accolades it gets.
For the record, I was not the only black person in Iceland, but I was definitely in the minority.
In Scotland, there were more black people.
Cot damn bruh, I had to dap you and undap you just so I could re-dap you, repped as well. That's one of the best trip posts I've seen on here
I'm actually interested in Iceland now after hearing the podcast, seems like a cool place I could go with my girl.
I just realized that I didn't really put up any scenic pics of Iceland, let me do that now:
Iceland = Prometheus 
beezy
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well thanks to these posts, ive seen and heard enough of iceland that i dont ever have to go 
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