It's been ten years from my last visit to Iceland but what a place. I have traveled to Iceland 30 times to work on the NATO base in Keflavick. Keflavick. Is not the nicest place on the island,
but I did spend the better part of four years there designing there new international airport there.
Reykjavik is a very modern town and lots old time shops on the walking street near the Great Chapel.
If you really want to see something, get out of town. Go to the great water falls "GULFUS" visit the steam vents at " GISA" nothing like Yellowstone but there are several hundred geysers
there. Watch your nose as the steam is high in sulfur and does stink. Visit the town of greenhouses I think its called "Havagerty". I believe it's West of the city about 60 kilometers. There
you can heat your house by driving a pipe down about 20 feet into the ground (Big Hammer) and light steam will pump itself into a baseboard heating system in your house. That's why they
have so many greenhouses to raise food. Virginia Power look out! They even use to sell "Heavy Steam to Europe by pumping it into insulated ocean going tankers and sailing them to the
Netherlands. When you approach the city from the top of a mountain and see all of the greenhouses in the valley it's really something. They might be under snow by the time you get there.
That's the one warning I have for you. Do not try to do it alone. Get a cab or a native Icelander to take you. I can remember looking at the NATO base from my hotel window in Reykjavik
(Keflavick is about 45 kilometers away), clear as a bell and before I reached the town limits we had between four and five feet of snow. There is no blizzard like an Icelandic one. Also
remember they trained the men for the moon landing outside of Keflavick because that is the nearest surface on earth to the moon. It's rugged as hell and very dangerous with all the open
fissures. Some of those fissures are hundreds and hundreds of  feet deep.
If you are lucky enough to be there when the Northern Lights are going then get out of town away from the lights of the city. Take Bach with you and it's the biggest high you can imagine.
360 degree dome of dancing beauty. Absolutely the most incredible thing you will ever see. It's so quiet away from the city that your ears will literally hurt for some sort of noise. That's why
the Bach.
Also try renting a horse. The Icelandic ponies are like Shetland ponies. They are really small, have a quick gate and fun to ride. Just be prepared for quick stops as when they see a hole
below the snow they stop instantly. How they ever see the holes I do not know, but I can attest to tasting the snow when they stop. Thank heavens there so short.
Have a blast.
William M. Greaves AIA
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