Nov 4th, 2009 at 2:30PM: I'm kind of obsessed with Iceland. Ask me about the country and get ready to endure my lengthy soliloquy on why I love it so much. It's one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that even as I travel to more destinations, I'll always consider it so.
Drive a few minutes away from Reykjavik and you'll see mountains topped with snow, former lava ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Iceland Express will offer low-cost flights from Newark to Reykjavik
Nov 4th, 2009 at 2:30PM: I'm kind of obsessed with Iceland. Ask me about the country and get ready to endure my lengthy soliloquy on why I love it so much. It's one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that even as I travel to more destinations, I'll always consider it so.
Drive a few minutes away from Reykjavik and you'll see mountains topped with snow, former lava ...Iceland ditches McDonald's
Oct 27th, 2009 at 8:00AM: It's been a tough year for Iceland. Thanks to foreign money, crazy lending and borrowing practices and a real estate bubble that amazed the world as it grew and when it popped, the small northern country has suffered severely through the global financial crisis ... which was predicted by a walking tour guide prophetic viking. Now, a year after Iceland went bankrupt, it's losing something else ...Tourism helping Iceland weather their perfect storm
Aug 22nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: If you think the recession in the US has been dreadful, I recommend reading up on how Iceland has been coping. This nation of just 320,000 people let its banks pull the country into a total financial disaster. Their three national banks had debt equaling over three times the countries gross domestic product. Their government collapsed, their currency lost a third of its value, they had to take ...Canadians flocking to Iceland, but Europeans are preferred
Apr 26th, 2009 at 8:00AM: The economic collapse of Iceland has been covered extensively and zealously, so it's no surprise that people are taking an interest. For Canadians, this makes even more sense, given their proximity to the country that has as many people as my neighborhood. At this time last year (when I went), just picking up dinner would cost you a fortune. Now, it's almost half price ... and that doesn't include ...Tour the world's vandalism
Feb 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Eyesore or art, graffiti is part of any culture's public dialogue. Vandalism is visual profanity, and we all swear in our own f---ing ways. I've been drawn to these wall scrawls for a while, probably since I read Holden Caulfield's concerns about the subject in Catcher in the Rye. My fascination gained momentum while I was stationed in South Korea. A soldiers' bar in Tong Du Chon (the Peace Club, ...Keep busy with 44 travel ideas
Jan 10th, 2009 at 2:00PM: If the entire world is too much from which to choose, take a look at The 44 Places to Go in 2009 suggested by the New York Times. Some are obvious, such as Reykjavik, which was been on everyone's mind 2008. Others are easy, including Washington D.C. Our nation's capital has plenty of hotels (including the funky Hotel Helix, photo at right), great public transportation and access via two major ...Iceland by the numbers
Jan 4th, 2009 at 1:30PM: After reading Brenda Yun's piece on Iceland (the most recent Photo of the Day), memories of the Blue Lagoon's warm waters rushed back to me ... as it did yesterday, when I saw Slate's coverage of the country's economic collapse. When I came home from Iceland back in June, I joked that its population was roughly the size of my neighborhood's. Thanks to Slate, I have confirmation. Thanks to Nathan ...Iceland with a prophetic viking
Dec 17th, 2008 at 2:00PM: If you're going to walk around Reykjavik, Iceland, do it with Jonas Thorsteinsson. A guide on the GoEcco walking tour of the city, he knows more than which Viking killed who, where and how. In fact, the only word to describe Thorsteinsson is "prophetic."
I took his free walking tour backing June. The most insightful moment came when Thorsteinsson showed us one of Reykjavik's oldest houses, which ...November Iceland roadtrip: "You're an idiot"
Oct 29th, 2008 at 2:00PM: A lot of foreigners are taking advantage of the ridiculously depreciated Icelandic krona and flying there this winter. Which is a bit weird because it's Iceland. And winter. As one Icelandic native said to me, "The nation is surviving right now on foreign journalists and tourists." I'm in the middle of figuring out the logistics of my trip. My top priority is booking a rental car and hopefully ...Iceland on the cheap: Am I the worst person in the world?
Oct 16th, 2008 at 9:30AM: So I just took advantage of Grant's tipoff last week to $400 roundtrip airfare to Iceland. I'm flying out of Boston the weekend before Thanksgiving, and staying for a week. And I believe my flight came out to something like $550, not bad at all for a departure on Saturday and return on Sunday. Now I'm trying to scoop up some dirt-cheap hotel rooms, a rental car, and hmm, maybe a mid-sized bank ...Where to plan your next environmentally vacation: 15 green cities
Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:00PM: The good folks at Grist put together their own list of 15 green cities. Although their thought was probably to showcase the green efforts made by local governments and locals to make the cities more environmentally friendly, in reading it I realized it was a great list of places to chose your next eco-vacation. If you're looking to take public transportation, play in parks and learn more about ...STAPLES Hometown Views Photo Contest
Jan 7th, 2007 at 11:41PM: After reading through all the official rules for this Hometown Views Photo Contest I spotted a few days ago while standing in Staples, I must say the prizes are worth chasing after and it shouldn't be too painful to enter. To start you must be an amateur photographer (meaning you haven't been compensated for photography in the last five years) and the photo you submit must not have been previously ...
