Last Post from Iceland

Well, this was an ill-fated trip. It´s 1:27am here (9:27 to you EST people), and Viking and I are just waiting for 5am to roll around so we can catch our bus to Keflavik Airport and begin the journey home. There was a mess-up with the visas which ended in Viking not being able to register for classes until the end of October or so. Obviously, a little too late. So we´re heading back to Canada. Our plane from Iceland leaves at 10:30 am GMT, and we will land in Halifax, Nova Scotia at around 5pm...whatever time zone they´re in out there. (Google tells me it´s the Atlantic time zone, which is an hour ahead of EST) Then, Monday morning our plane to Hamilton leaves around 6am ADT, and we land in Hamilton, Ontario around 10:30, in good old Eastern Standard Time. It´ll be a long couple days, but SO worth it to get home again. I don´t think I´ve mentioned this, but Viking and I will be staying with my mom and 3 little sisters for a while, and I´m looking forward to spending time with them again.

Now, to dispel a few myths about Iceland before I leave.

1)Not so cold. The weather is strongly reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands-grey and rainy ALL THE TIME.
2)Smelly. It either smells of fish-which I can understand, what with it being an island, but it also REEKS of sulphur. Because the water is all geothermically heated, anything above room temperature positively STINKS. I´ve been obsessively smelling my hair for a week now-imagine having a hot, steamy shower that smells strongly of rotten eggs.
3)UGLY. Those of you that know my hometown, it´s GORGEOUS compared to Reykjavik. As the DH says, "early 1930s industrial town". The place looks like it´s falling apart.
4)this "midnight sun" thing? Crap. At least at this time of year. Sun sets just after nine, and rises about 5, 5:30 in the morning. That seems like regular summer to me.
5)I also didn´t see any sheep or ponies, but I guess that´s my fault, and not really a myth. :Þ

Okay, well, I guess that´s it. I´m going to go have a late dinner/waaay early breakfast and finish putting everything in my carry on. I do have some pics of Iceland to post, but this computer is older than I am, so I´ll upload them from Canada.

Bye Iceland! Can´t say I´ll miss you too much, but I´m not ruling out coming back some day!