ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo i nā pō pōʻeleʻele lōʻihi a me nā ākea keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, ʻo Iceland maoli kahi ʻāina piha i ke kala a me ke ola. A oiai he elima wale no hora mai Bosetona aku, he mahuka nui ia a i ole ke kahua hoomoana kupono no ka huakai hou aku i Europa a me na wahi e ae ma ka hikina. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo Iceland Air (www.icelandair.com ) ke hāʻawi nei i nā pūʻolo e hiki ai i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke hoʻomaha ma Iceland a hiki i ʻehiku lā e hele ai i kahi huakaʻi ʻē aʻe me ka uku ʻole!

Ka Aina
Ma ke ʻano he home mōʻaukala o Leif Erickson, haʻaheo ʻo Iceland i kona mau aʻa Viking a ke hoʻomau nei i ka nui o kāna hana kilokilo a me ka nani i ke alo o nā "poʻe ʻike ʻole" pohihihi e noho ana i nā pōhaku a me nā kumulāʻau a lawe mai i ka hauʻoli a me ka hoihoi i ka ʻāina a me kāna. kanaka. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻae ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i kēia mau elves a me nā trolls, kakaikahi ka poʻe e hōʻole i ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou!
ʻO kahi lāhui ma kahi o 320,000 poʻe (300,000 o lākou e noho nei ma ke kapikala ʻo Reykjavik), ʻo "suburban" ʻo Iceland i hoʻolaha nui ʻia a hiki ke hana i kahi ākea o nā huakaʻi - mai nā holo "super Jeep" (www.icelandrovers.is ) i luna a me ka hau hau a puni nā glaciers mau loa a hiki i nā lele o ka lua pele kaulana ʻo Eyjafjallajökull (i ʻike mau ʻia e ka poʻe ʻōlelo ʻole ʻo "E-15," ʻo ia ka huaʻōlelo mua o ka inoa ʻo ia ka "island mountain glacier" a me ka helu o nā leka hahai) ka mea i hooki i ka huakaʻi mokulele ʻEulopa i ʻApelila o 2010. Inā ʻaʻole kou manaʻo o kahi kaʻa diesel i hoʻololi ʻia he ʻelua tona no kahi ala leʻaleʻa e ʻike ai i ka "E-15," e kipa i ke kikowaena malihini kipa e pili ana i ka mahiʻai. kokoke loa (a no laila i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia) e ka blast 2010 a hui pū me ka mea mahiʻai nāna i hana ma (www.thorvaldseyri.is ).

Ke kiʻi ma laila
I kēia manawa ua hoʻi a holo nā mokulele, ʻo Iceland kahi huakaʻi maʻalahi mai US. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Iceland Air i ka haʻalele ʻana mai Dulles International a lawelawe pū kekahi i nā wahi e like me New York, Seattle, a me Toronto, Kanada.
Inā makemake ʻoe e hana i kahi huakaʻi nani, e ʻoluʻolu e kākau i ka papa Saga o Iceland Air. Me kēia pūʻolo, hiki iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi e like me ka hōkū pōhaku Viking, ke kaʻe ʻana i ka lehulehu a me ke kali ʻana i kāu mokulele i loko o kahi lumi hoʻokipa maikaʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā meaʻai gourmet, kahi pā hāmama a paʻa pono, Wi-Fi, TV, nā paʻi honua a ka nānā a me nā pono āu e maʻa ai. Aia ma luna o ka moku, e nanea i ke aniani (maoli) o ka champagne ma mua o kou noho ʻana i kou noho ʻili ākea ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu no ka papaʻai mua a me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni holo mua a i ʻole nā hōʻike TV o kēia manawa mai US a i ʻole Iceland. . Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā wikiō e pili ana iā Iceland a e aʻo paha i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo ma kēia ʻāina kahiko a pohihihi o kēia ʻāina kahiko a (i nā) ʻōlelo pohihihi!

Ke pae ʻoe, nui nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā kaʻa no ka huakaʻi 40 mau minuke mai ke kahua NATO mua ma Keflavik a i Reykjavik. Maʻaneʻi, e hālāwaiʻoe me kahi kaiaulu o nā mea hana a me nā mea kālepa mai nāʻano likeʻole o ke ola a me nā lāhui'ē aʻe ma mua o kou manaʻo. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, i kēlā me kēia Mei, hoʻolauleʻa ke kūlanakauhale i kona ʻokoʻa me kahi parade moʻomeheu lehulehu e hoʻopiha ana i nā alanui nui me ke kala a me ke mele a kōkua i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea āpau a ke kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻāina.

Loaʻa i ka manaʻo o ka wahi
No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manaʻo maikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, e ʻoluʻolu e kākau i kahi huakaʻi me nā loea kūloko ma New Moments (www.moments.is ) nāna e hōʻike iā ʻoe i ka home mua a me ka lāʻau mua ma Reykjavik e like me ka lawe ʻana iā ʻoe ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona a i mua o nā laina ma nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi loa o ke kūlanakauhale, nā hōkele, nā hale ʻaina, a me nā mea hoihoi.
Ma hope o kāu huakaʻi, e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi manawa e hele ai i luna a iho i lalo o ka puʻu mai ke kahakai a hiki i ka piko o ka puʻu, kahi i nānā ʻole ʻia e ka hale hoʻokipa nani o Hallgrimur's Church (Hallgrimskirkja).

Kūʻai
Ma ke ala, e ʻoluʻolu e kū i nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai, me Geysir (www.geysirshops.is ) a me Kraum (www.kraum.is ), kahi hui o ka mea pena kiʻi i noho ʻia ma ka hale kū kahiko loa ma ke kūlanakauhale. No ka fashionista, nā mea hoʻolālā e like me Elm (www.elm.is ), Mākeke Mahiai (www.farmersmarket.is ), M-Hoʻolālā (www.cold.is ), Steinunn (www.steinunn.com ), a me nā ʻike kūʻai pilikino ma Volcano Design (www.volcanodesign,is ) e hoʻohauʻoli a komo pū me kā lākou couture hana. No nā ʻano mea hoʻokalakupua, nui ka 66° ʻĀkau hale kūʻai (www.66north,com), ʻo ia ka mana Icelandic o North Face. No ka ʻoi aku ka māmā a i ʻole ka ʻōpio ma ka puʻuwai, ʻike ʻoe e loaʻa ka ʻakaʻaka mai ka puffins ma nā hale kūʻai ʻo Lundinn Souvenir ma ke kūlanakauhale a ma ke kahua mokulele. Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā mea e kūʻai ai, nui nā hale kūʻai Icelandic i loaʻa i waho i ka US. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mea e pili ana i ke kūʻai pololei ʻana mai ka mea pena kiʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou e holo i kā lākou mau hale kūʻai ponoʻī! ʻO kahi ala maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e ʻike ai i nā mea hoʻokahi o ke ʻano, ʻo ia ke hoʻopili pololei i nā mea hana ma o ka Handverk og Honnun Crafts and Design site (www.craftsanddesign.com ) ka mea e hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā mea hana kiʻi kūʻokoʻa holomua a kaulana loa o ka ʻāina mokupuni, nā mea hoʻolālā a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā knitters.

Culture
ʻOiai ʻaʻole like paha ʻo Reykjavik i kahi kikowaena ʻoihana e like me nā poʻo ʻEulopa ʻē aʻe (he mea maikaʻi paha ia!), He nui ka moʻomeheu a me ka vibrance e ʻike ʻia. Ma waho aʻe o nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai e hōʻike ana i nā mea hana lima kūloko mai nā hulu hipa kaulana i ka honua a i nā mea nani i hana ʻia mai ka pele lua pele e hoʻomau a hoʻohou i kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi akā nui, ʻo Reykjavik ka home o ka Reykjavik Jazz Festival ( www.reykjavikjazz.is/ ) a me ka Iceland Airwaves Festival (www.icelandairwaves.is/) i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ʻahaʻaina hopena lōʻihi loa ma ka honua e "Rolling Stone." Ma Mei o 2011, ua wehe pū ke kūlanakauhale i nā puka o ka Harpa Concert and Conference Center i kali lōʻihi ʻia (en.harpa.is/ ) - he aniani nani a me ke kila nani o ka wai hoʻokani a me ka lumi hālāwai me ka 1,800-noho acoustically-convertible hale nui i kēia manawa ka hale o ka Reykjavik Opera a me Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, a me nā hana hoʻokani pila a me nā mea pena kiʻi ʻē aʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

Ma hope o ke ahiahi o ka moʻomeheu kiʻekiʻe, e kali ma luna o kahi kofe a i ʻole kekahi o nā pia a me nā mea inu kūloko (Blenevin, kekahi?) A nānā i ke kūlanakauhale e ola ana! Hāʻawi ʻo Reykjavik i nā mea āpau mai nā hale pāʻani aloha a i nā hui huhū a ʻike ʻia nā mea a pau i ka manawa like. ʻAʻohe uhi o ka hapa nui o nā wahi a he nui nā mele ola. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ka hana ʻana i kēlā me kēia pō, ʻo ka hopena pule ka manawa e hoʻokuʻu ai ka poʻe kamaʻāina, e holo ana i lalo i ka wili nui a hauʻoli i ka pō o ke kūlanakauhale ʻike i ka pō.

Āhea e Hele
E kamaʻilio ana, hiki i ka manawa o kāu huakaʻi ke hoʻololi nui i kāu ʻike. E nalo paha ka poʻe malihini kipa i ke kauwela i ka wā e napoʻo ʻole ai ka lā (ma ka liʻiliʻi loa). No ka mea, wehe ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hui a hiki i ka hola 5 AM, maʻalahi ke hula a hiki i ka wanaʻao a laila hopu i ka kofe a hoʻomau. Inā hele ʻoe i ka hoʻoilo e piʻi i ka hau a hopu i ka Northern Lights, ʻo ia paha ka mālamalama āu e ʻike ai. Akā, mai makaʻu- ʻike ka poʻe Iceland i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa me ka moʻolelo a me ke mele a hauʻoli mau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoaaloha hou i ka leʻaleʻa hau.

Kahi e noho ai
A hiki i kahi e noho ai, nui nā koho, me nā moena a me nā ʻaina kakahiaka a me nā hōkele kaulana e like me ka 1919 (www.radissonblu.com/1919hotel-reykjavik ) a me ka Hotele Holt (www.holt.is/). ʻO ka mua o kēia mau hale kūʻai i hoʻololi ʻia i kēia manawa he waiwai Radisson Blu loft-style e kū ana mai nā mea āpau ma Reykjavik. Hōʻike ka Holt i ka hōʻiliʻili kiʻi pilikino nui loa ma ia wahi a me ka umu Palani i hana ʻia ma luna o kahi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai nā chef maikaʻi loa o Iceland (a me ka nui o nā meaʻai kūloko a me nā malihini kipa) ma mua o ka hele ʻana iā lākou iho. ʻAʻole pono e ʻōlelo, nani ka meaʻai a hoʻomaka ka hoʻoponopono kumukūʻai ʻehā ma kahi $50 wale nō (hāʻawi a lawe paha i nā kumukūʻai loli)! I ka wā i hoʻolaʻa ai ʻo Yoko Ono i ka bele maluhia ma ka lā hānau 70 o John Lennon, ua hana ʻia ka "Cold Turkey" a me Strawberry Fields ma kēia lumi kuke. Ua koho ʻo Yoko iā ia iho, e noho ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, ma ke kaona a me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ʻo Hilton Nordica (www.HiltonReykjavik.com ), home o Vox Restaurant (www.vox.is/en). Ma waho aʻe o Ms. Ono, ua mālama pū ka Pelekikena Pelekikena ma Nordica i nā kiʻi honua ʻē aʻe a me nā alakaʻi he nui o ka honua. A no ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, mahalo paha ʻoe i ka loli o ka wikiwiki e hele mai ana mai ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale no kekahi mau hola. Inā makemake ʻoe e haʻalele loa i nā kukui, ʻaʻohe wahi e like me ka hale hoʻomoe holoholona ʻo Hotel Ranga (www.hotelranga.is/). Holo ʻia e kahi mea lawaiʻa a he hoa pili pū nō hoʻi ia o ka ʻohana aliʻi o Suedena (ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole ʻo ia e inoa e ʻae iā lākou e noho pū me ia me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻolaha), ʻo Ranga ka epicenter o ka uhi ʻana o ka pele i 2010 a hoʻomau. e pāʻani i nā hale paʻa, mahalo nui i kāna ʻaina ʻono, nā lumi noʻonoʻo (me kahi ʻano o nā suites inter-continentally themed) a me ka lawelawe nani. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā mea āu e noi ai, mai ka ʻōmole mua o ka scotch 40-makahiki-kahiko i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hiki i kahi lomilomi akamai, ka hale hale hale a i waho paha a i ʻole nā paʻi paʻi o nā huli pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia e pane i nā nīnau āu e nīnau ai.

Aia ma ʻAi
Ma waho aʻe o ka meaʻai hōkele kupanaha, ʻo Iceland kekahi o nā iʻa maikaʻi loa o ka honua. Mai nā aliʻi o ʻEulopa a hiki i nā koa pōhaku e like me Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl, a me Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson (ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele hapa manawa no kahi mokulele Icelandic) nui ka poʻe e ʻōlelo nei i kā lākou mau wahi punahele e hopu ai i ka hopu i kēlā me kēia lā ma Iceland. Ma waena o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hele ai i ka iʻa ʻo The Seafood Cellar (http://sjavarkjallarinn.is/ ), The Seafood Grill (www.sjavargrillid.is ), Ka Hui I'a (www.fishcompany.is ), ʻO ka Mākeke Iʻa (www.fiskmarkadurarinn.is ) a, ma ka pilikia o ka uhai ʻana i kahi kumuhana poʻomanaʻo, ʻo Grohl "punahele" wahi ula, The Seashore Restaurant (www.fjorubordid.is ).
ʻO kekahi mea pono e ʻike a pono e ʻai ma Reykjavik ʻo "The Pearl" (www.perlan.is ), he hale ʻaina kaʻapuni i hoʻonoho ʻia ma luna o ʻeono mau pahu pilikua i loko o kēlā me kēia me 1 miliona mau galani o ka wai wela geothermal e pumehana a mana i ka hapa nui o kēia ʻāina. Mai ka herring kakahiaka a i ka salmon puhi a (ahem!) ka manō fermented, ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Iceland ma kāna mau papa e like me kāna mau sweaters.

Ma waho aʻe o nā hulu hipa kaulana, hoʻohana ʻia nā hipa manuahi o Iceland e hoʻomākaukau i kekahi o nā hipa maikaʻi loa o ka honua (me ka ʻiʻo i komo i loko o nā ʻīlio wela i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e Bubba i kūʻai ʻia ma ke kaʻa kai kaulana kaulana o Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur. (www.bbp.is ) kahi e laina ai nā mea pā i kēlā me kēia hola o ka lā). ʻAʻohe mea e pōʻino i kēia moʻomeheu kahiko a holomua!

Kahi e hoʻomaha ai
E like me ka manawa o ka makahiki hiki ke hoʻoholo i ka wikiwiki o kāu huakaʻi, pēlā nō ke ʻano o ka mea hoʻomaha. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻolimalima i kou mau lā e hoʻomaha ai i kahi spa, aia ʻo Iceland kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa o ka honua ma ka Blue Lagoon (www.bluelagoon.com), aia he mau minuke wale nō mai ke kahua mokulele a hana i kahi hopena maikaʻi loa i kahi huakaʻi hoʻoikaika. . Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa ka hoʻomaha ʻana, nui nā huakaʻi, kaʻa kaʻa, ka lawaiʻa, ka holo hau, ka huakaʻi helikopa a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. Aia nā mea a pau i kou pae ikehu.

Ma ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka ikehu (a me ka Lagoon pū kekahi), he alakaʻi honua ʻo Iceland ʻaʻole wale i ka heluhelu heluhelu (hiki iā mākou ke aʻo nui mai ke ʻano o kā lākou aʻo ʻana!) Aia ʻo Iceland i kēia manawa he 70 pakeneka hiki ke hoʻololi hou ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu (ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi inā ʻaʻole no nā SUV i hoʻohana ʻia e lawe i nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi a puni nā glaciers) a ke hoʻomaikaʻi mau nei! Ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana i ke kikowaena o ka hana kilokilo, ʻo nā loko ehuehu e holo maoli ana mai ke kikowaena o ka honua e hoʻoikaika i kekahi o nā mea kanu geothermal maikaʻi loa o ka honua. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe koʻikoʻi o ka mineral kahe mai kekahi o kēia mau mea kanu i hana i ka Lagoon.

No laila inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha ma ke ala i ka Continent a i ʻole e ʻimi i kahi huakaʻi punahele hou, aia ʻo Iceland i ka hui ʻana o ka nānā pilikino a me ke kūʻokoʻa pilikino e hiki ai a paipai i nā malihini āpau e manaʻo i ka home a e ʻimi i ko lākou ala ponoʻī.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

As the historic home of Leif Erickson, Iceland is proud of its Viking roots and still attributes much of its magic and charm to the presence of the mysterious “invisible people” who live in rocks and trees and bring joy and intrigue to the country and its people.
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