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reykjavik night 4
The Itchy and Scratchy Show n. A cartoon show-within-a-show appearing regularly on The Simpsons, The environment underneath my new Icelandic wool sweater After lunch I walked to the farthest possible location in the city at the northwest tip of the harbor to Farmer’s Market, which I had read to be the best Icelandic wool sweaters [...]
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I found the world’s first men’s room hand dryer that actually works! Most hand dryers require a three-step process: Press button. Wave hands under air stream helplessly. Wipe damp hands on trousers and exit restroom. But this one is like the fucking Death Star of hand dryers–you stick your hands in there and WOOSH, you’re [...]
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I approach my trip with renewed energy today. Maybe it’s because I did not stay out until 7 am last night? Anyway on my way to lunch today I noticed two interesting art installations on the sides of buildings. They are made of of sequins, like the Sparkletts water trucks, except they have pictures of [...]
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Once again I got home at 6 am, so I took a little nap before waking up at 2ish. I decided to visit Perlan, or “The Pearl,” which is home to the Saga Museum and the local Dharma Initiative station.
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I learned a very valuable tidbit tonight–if you ask the bartenders to keep a tab open for you, they don’t know what to do with themselves. I ended up getting 4 beers for the price of one! I’m too drunk to say anything else
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You know how when you’re in Vegas, at, say, The Venetian or Bellagio and you see the Mandalay Bay and it looks super-close, when in reality, it’s like 2 miles away? Yeah. Reykjavik is like that. Stuff seems really close and then you realize you’ve walked a 10k.
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Missed the free hotel breakfast due to um, sleep requirements. Got shafted on toothbrush prices at the Icelandic version of 7-11. More delicious pastry action, like a pecan pie INSIDE an apple strudel. I’m off to find one of the hot springs…
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Smashing bottles and glasses into the street is like a national pastime here. They play almost all American music and 5 am is the tipping point for when people start fighting. Also, drink beer instead of liquor; it’s like $5-6 per pint rather than $11 for one shot of vodka in your vodka tonic. They [...]
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First thing’s first. I love breathing here. It’s freaking refreshing. So there’s my ode to air quality. Secondly, they have some epic gnarly Viking shit here, Xzibit A being the sculptures of Einar Jonsson (pictures below). Third, OMF do they have delicious pastries and other baked goods here.
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