ICELAND: THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE
ICELAND: THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE We already had plans to go ice caving and dog sledding on our winter vacation in Iceland. If it hadn’t been the time of the year when the waters freeze over, we’d have definitely done a beautiful amphibious boat ride too. So when a friend suggested we do a helicopter ride, our reactions ranged from lukewarm (mine) to uber-excited (my husband’s). A chopper ride doesn’t come cheap and then, really, what would we see, a white blanket over everything? But the husband moped. I caved. Reluctantly, I googled and went with the first name that caught my eye, Reykjavik Helicopters, probably because it was in all CAPS! Their owner/CEO Fridgeir Gudjonsson confirmed my fears: “Right now everything is covered in snow on most routes.” He also said he had no pictures from December tours. Want to know what I read into this? There were no pictures as not many people had done a winter chopper ride because … i t w a s j u s t ...