Iceland and Berlin 2024

 After a six-hour flight, from 8:30pm east coast time to 7:30am Iceland time, we arrived at the airport. As usual, I got very little sleep on the plane. We went through customs easily and were met at the airport by our driver, who introduced himself as Aje (spelling guessed at). The ride to Reykjavik was about 45 minutes. It was pre-dawn, and the sky looked like a gray cloud blanket reaching almost but not quite to the horizon on all sides. Naturally, our rooms at the hotel would not be ready for some hours yet, so we had breakfast there and went off for a walk--Paula, Isaac, and myself. My pre-exploration using Google street view served me well. I felt at all times like I had a pretty good idea of where I was. We found the Bonus grocery store, then went for a long walk along Laugavegur, the main tourist shopping street. We went along that as far as Rainbow Street, then came back along that. We sat in the hotel dining area until our rooms were ready, then (except for Isaac) went up...

 Why Iceland? Paula and I wanted to go to Germany again, and while checking out airline prices, she found that the cheapest way to get there was by Iceland Air. What's more, by adding a bit more flight time, the flight could be in two much shorter sections. On top of that, we could have a layover of several days in Iceland for no extra charge. And Iceland is exotic--a land of fire and ice. Berlin, because it has a nice Trodelmarkt (flea market) that we like, with sellers of, among other things, German comic books. It's also very close to the Berlin zoo. Isaac will be coming with us. :-) WTW emergency number is: +1 415 329 7981.  If you have trouble locating your driver, please contact them at +354 470 1000 FRIDAY Sep 27: 8:30 pm - Departure - Eastern Daylight Time Depart from (BWI) Airline Icelandair FI 642 SATURDAY Sep 28: 6:25 am - Arrival - Greenwich Mean Time Arrive at Keflavik International Airport  7:00 am - Greenwich Mean Time:  Airport pickup a...