Oops... I forgot I went to Iceland.

I forgot to mention that I went to Iceland this past weekend. DIS arranged a trip to Bornholm Island for a bike tour this past weekend because Friday was a holiday. So for people like me who decided not to go on the trip, planned other things. I planned a trip to Iceland. I bought a ticket the first week of February and made it a point to go considering that it was much cheaper to go from Copenhagen then from anywhere in the U.S..

To make the trip as cheap and memorable as possible, I decided to create a profile on couchsurfing to see if I would be able to crash on someones 'couch' for 3 nights. long story short I found someone I was able to stay with and it was at his granparents house. It was really nice to be able to live with an Icelander because you get more out of the experience. On Friday I went on a tour to Blue Lagoon a hot springs resort, then visited Gullfoss a large waterfall practically in the middle of no where, then I went to a Geyser area which was pretty cool because I have never seen that. I actually met up with another DIS student for the day and we traveled together on the tour.

Dinner that night was Whale, one of the few places in the world you can get it. It was very good! Highly recommend it. It was kind of like a lean steak (remember whales are mammals) and kind of a fishy taste as well. it is difficult to describe but try it if you get the chance.

Then I went out on the town that night with my Icelandic friends and had a great time. I even saw Miss World 2005 all sloshed... that was funny. The last day the kid I was staying with took me and his cousin out to the country to check out some cool sites. The country is really exotic and absolutely beautiful. Waterfalls, volcanos, mountains, geysers, hot springs, huge glaciers.... its just awesome! The people are also very friendly and the girls are beautiful. But beauty came at a huge price... keep that in mind.