Just one more Iceland post. In case anyone is planning on going I thought I’d supply some packing pointers.
Things I’m glad I took…
Things I wish I had brought…
Everyone we met in Iceland spoke English but Icelandic is definely the language of choice and it would have been nice to understand a few words. We picked up a visitor’s guide book in the hotel lobby and it did have a few “indespensible” words and phrases. I would have considered “Where is the bathroom” and indespensible phrase. The writers of this book had other ideas. Here are a few of their “indespensible” phrases…
I am a Viking.
I’m on vacation.
You are cute!
What is your name?
Where do you live?
What’s you number?
I’m not sure for whom this list is indended – Viking swingers? Hmmm, I burly, bearded men in white leisure suits and horned helments – it could be a Monty Python skit.