ICELAND!!

Okay, so I suppose the amazingly beautiful strike of lightning I saw from the Airtrain was an ominous sign of what was to come. Instead of leaving JFK at 835pm (sorry no colons, I can´t find the button), my plane departed around midnight, which led to my being stranded in Iceland--for 6 hours. I suppose that is better than most, AND they fed us, even though the delay was due to weather. I suppose at this point Icelandair and Iceland needs all the business they can get and cannot afford disgruntled customers. Futhermore, those who have missed their flights to Stockholm, etc. are actually being put up for free in London hotels. Now that´s service for you.

A few observations...(damn you colon button!)

1. It´s eerily quiet over here. I´ve never been to a more deserted airport. In the hallways I can hear the pitter patter of my little feet hitting the ground hard. Also, some sort of purple flower, heather?, grows in abundance here--or at least around the airport

Purple fields of flowers from Reykjavik (Airport!)

(I can't figure out how to flip my video,  so just tilt your head to the left!)

2. From the airport I see Icelandair hangers and nothingness. Very flat, barren, desolate.

3. One thing the disastrous economic, financial crisis has personally done for me is to make the dollar strong to the Icelandic KR. So YAY DUTY FREE SHOPPING!

4. Even in Iceland, the minorities mop the floors, while those descendent from the mightly Vikings have to more posh jobs of manning the cash registers. Okay, that´s not too too fair, since all I have is anecdotal evidence, not at all a statistically significant result as my sample size is too small (one).

Now time to take some pictures, so you all can join me in my Iceland fun!