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The Golden Arches Packed Up Their Knives and Left, no Padma needed
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 19 December 2009
I didn't quite know what to make of this cartoon that recently appeared on the front page of the Reykjavik Grapevine, a weekly paper that chronicles all things happening in the capital city of
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Strokkur erupts with a Geysir
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 8 December 2009
Moving on with Go Travel Iceland's Golden Circle tour led by Gummi, we eventually reached one of Iceland's most famous tourist attractions and the day trip's highl
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Saegreifinn's World-Famous Lobster Soup (plus some Mink Whale)
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 4 December 2009
I knew vaguely that Mark Bittman was a food writer for the New York Times, though I never really followed his blog posts. And then I saw a couple of episodes of the TV show "Spain: On the Road Again", where he and three cohorts (including the actress Gywneth Paltrow and famous chef Mario Batali) savor culinary delights all throughout Spain. Oh, so that's him...then I promptly forgot what he looked like.
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Hi, I'm Vatnsleysufoss...please call me Faxi
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 3 December 2009
Quite a number of tour operators in Reykjavik offer the day-long excursion to the "Golden Circle" (the Icelandic tourist board's brilliant marketing term) - the trifecta of south Iceland's
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the golden circle
Blog: robbo joy (and now also slam) - 1 July 2009
iceland: day 2. after a great night's sleep, splendid breakfast at our hostel, and confidently equipped with maps, we embarked to explore the "golden circle". this includes the natural attractions of pingvellir valley, geysir, and gulfoss waterfall.
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Enchanting spots: Blue Lagoon
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 29 May 2009
The Blue Lagoon, just outside Reykjavik, is one of the most extraordinary spas I’ve ever been to and I can definitely recommend a visit for anyone planning a trip to Iceland. The lagoon consists of a series of aquamarine blue pools (this amazing colour is created by the silica, algae and minerals in the geothermal [...]
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Such A Nice Land
Blog: Bec and John in the UK - 13 March 2009
Credit Crunch. Economic slowdown. Financial crisis. It would not be an exaggeration to say that every British TV and print article in the last 6 months has contained one of the above phrases, or alluded to it with the classic "... in the current climate". The once-proud nation of Iceland copped an absolute spanking from the world's financial institutions and is quietly licking its wounds, probably hoping to get on board with the Euro and regain some stability.
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Reykjavik, Iceland
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 19 February 2009
It was approaching 8:30am on a mid-February morning as we pulled into the city of our latest travel adventure. It was as pitch black as the dead of night and the streets possessed an uncanny solitude. We were unsure if this could be attributed to a different lifestyle, a sort of sleepy metropolitanism, or simply the fact that it was a Saturday.
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