Iceland - First Day
Jun. 29th, 2009 05:58 pmBacking up a little ...
After mom and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
melannen dropped me off, it wasn't long before everyone else showed up and we got checked in. My second suitcase counted as a carry-on, so that was good. Then we went through security, and some of us sat around and chatted and watched the luggage while others got dinner. There were TSA agents everywhere. But eventually we boarded.
The flight was only about 5 hours. The plane had touch-screens in the back of the seats, so I played with that for an hour or so, and then spent the rest of the flight reading books on my iPod. After landing, we went through security again, gathered the rental cars (Skodas!) and drove the five hours or so from Rekjavik to Sauðárkrókur, stopping a couple of times on the way. The second stop was for lunch at an N1, which seems to have a monopoly here on gas and food for travelers! I spent the drive finally getting a bit of sleep, finishing my book, and chatting with my car-mates.
When we finally got to Sauðárkrókur, everyone was exhausted. We got room assignments and unpacked and moved furniture, and then we had dinner and went to the computer lab and slept. It's all a bit of a blur; I was definitely dropping by that point.
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After mom and
melannen dropped me off, it wasn't long before everyone else showed up and we got checked in. My second suitcase counted as a carry-on, so that was good. Then we went through security, and some of us sat around and chatted and watched the luggage while others got dinner. There were TSA agents everywhere. But eventually we boarded.The flight was only about 5 hours. The plane had touch-screens in the back of the seats, so I played with that for an hour or so, and then spent the rest of the flight reading books on my iPod. After landing, we went through security again, gathered the rental cars (Skodas!) and drove the five hours or so from Rekjavik to Sauðárkrókur, stopping a couple of times on the way. The second stop was for lunch at an N1, which seems to have a monopoly here on gas and food for travelers! I spent the drive finally getting a bit of sleep, finishing my book, and chatting with my car-mates.
When we finally got to Sauðárkrókur, everyone was exhausted. We got room assignments and unpacked and moved furniture, and then we had dinner and went to the computer lab and slept. It's all a bit of a blur; I was definitely dropping by that point.
( Click for more, plus pictures. )
