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Well, the wife dragged me off to another far away place. Four days in Reykjavik, Iceland, then a week on a cruise to Rotterdam, Netherlands. So far lots of beautiful scenery. Waterfalls, Glaciers, lava formations, Blue Lagoon to name a few. The weirdest part was wearing sunglasses at 10:30 at night. Sunset was 11:50 tonight
It is now 12:55 at night and no light needed. Don't think I could get used to this. View from hotel window
Sunrise is in 2 hours. I don't think there's much to hunt here except reindeer and a few birds, but only 3 hours a day you may not hunt this time of year.
Zorba wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:57 am
I'd like to spend some time in Iceland, passed through there on our way home from Egypt/Sweden. The Reykjavik airport sucks, and so does Iceland-Air.
I can't speak for the airport. Customs immigration was a breeze. The country is beautiful and the people very nice. Iceland Air? I fly Delta almost exclusively although usually stand by. You never said, what were you doing in EBFE?
Justsomedude wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:28 am
I'm pretty sheltered when it comes to traveling but the wife and I took our honeymoon in Alaska. The neatest thing was experiencing 24hrs of daylight.
Justsomedude wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:28 am
I'm pretty sheltered when it comes to traveling but the wife and I took our honeymoon in Alaska. The neatest thing was experiencing 24hrs of daylight.
It is odd, wearing sunglasses late at night
Not really.
I wear my sunglasses at night so I can keep track of the visions in my eyes.
“The shepherd slaughters more of the flock than the wolf ever will.”
Zorba wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:57 am
I'd like to spend some time in Iceland, passed through there on our way home from Egypt/Sweden. The Reykjavik airport sucks, and so does Iceland-Air.
I can't speak for the airport. Customs immigration was a breeze. The country is beautiful and the people very nice. Iceland Air? I fly Delta almost exclusively although usually stand by. You never said, what were you doing in EBFE?
Cool trip! Customs and immigration is getting better/faster all over the world. Just got back from Brazil today and entry into Brazil was swift and getting back into the USA is just a facial recognition thing if you use the app and have nothing to declare. Technology is finally catching up and It’s getting to be the same everywhere I go.
Zorba wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:57 am
I'd like to spend some time in Iceland, passed through there on our way home from Egypt/Sweden. The Reykjavik airport sucks, and so does Iceland-Air.
I can't speak for the airport. Customs immigration was a breeze. The country is beautiful and the people very nice. Iceland Air? I fly Delta almost exclusively although usually stand by. You never said, what were you doing in EBFE?
Cool trip! Customs and immigration is getting better/faster all over the world. Just got back from Brazil today and entry into Brazil was swift and getting back into the USA is just a facial recognition thing if you use the app and have nothing to declare. Technology is finally catching up and It’s getting to be the same everywhere I go.
Safe travels!
Global Entry and that other new program makes it easy. Delta even uses it for boarding instead of a boarding pass now. Iceland isn't the best for food except for lamb and soup, but they make some good beer
I can't speak for the airport. Customs immigration was a breeze. The country is beautiful and the people very nice. Iceland Air? I fly Delta almost exclusively although usually stand by. You never said, what were you doing in EBFE?
Cool trip! Customs and immigration is getting better/faster all over the world. Just got back from Brazil today and entry into Brazil was swift and getting back into the USA is just a facial recognition thing if you use the app and have nothing to declare. Technology is finally catching up and It’s getting to be the same everywhere I go.
Safe travels!
Global Entry and that other new program makes it easy. Delta even uses it for boarding instead of a boarding pass now. Iceland isn't the best for food except for lamb and soup, but they make some good beer
Delta is always one step ahead in tech usage, they are by far my favorite airline, family connection aside . Kind’a nice to just walk right to the gate, stand for a second and walk right in. I’ve had great luck cruising through security with Clear on the domestic side. They are awesome and have literally saved me hours going through TSA. I have 3 overseas trips coming up in the next 2 months so every minute counts towards my sanity, I hate airports
Zorba wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:57 am
I'd like to spend some time in Iceland, passed through there on our way home from Egypt/Sweden. The Reykjavik airport sucks, and so does Iceland-Air.
I can't speak for the airport. Customs immigration was a breeze. The country is beautiful and the people very nice. Iceland Air? I fly Delta almost exclusively although usually stand by. You never said, what were you doing in EBFE?
We were on Iceland Air because we didn't want to fly back to Dubai to get home from Sweden, plus we got that flight on points. We went to Egypt on a tour with a bunch of Belly Dancers, missed 1/3rd of the tour because we got King Tut's revenge and had to stay in Cairo while the rest of the tour moved on. We caught up with them in Luxor. After the official end of that tour, we had a car and driver arranged to take us to Siwa Oasis - which was fabulous.
Had a couple of "experiences" in the Luxor area temples, esp. the ones at Dendara which are sacred to this day.
P.S. - if it works out for your trip, fly Emirates. They are fabulous!
"There is nothing I can think of that is improved by inserting a smartphone into the process."
)O(
. Kind’a nice to just walk right to the gate, stand for a second and walk right in. I’ve had great luck cruising through security with Clear on the domestic side. They are awesome and have literally saved me hours going through TSA. I have 3 overseas trips coming up in the next 2 months so every minute counts towards my sanity, I hate airports 
