Destination: Iceland
Reykjavic for $61 and a Bjork Sighting. Does it Get Any Better Than This?
by Michael Yessis | 06.21.04 | 9:25 PM ET
When a frequent flier e-mail list Marisa Bowe belongs to alerted her to a $61 fare from New York to Reykjavic, Iceland, she bit. She took advantage of the airline’s mistake with an eclectic bunch of in-the-know travelers she knew only by online name (Notsosmart! MondeBlonde!), and she’s posting missives about their experience this week for Slate. It falls into the wacky travelogue category, sure, but there’s more. Bowe has an eye for detail, and she riffs nicely on “Airworld,” that in-between place of airport bars and bright lights that Walter Kirn wrote about in his novel “Up in the Air.”
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by Michael Yessis | 11.07.01 | 9:38 PM ET
The Funerals, an Icelandic “slow country band,” recently embarked on a spontaneous tour of their home country. Iceland has less than 300,000 citizens, so the tour only took four days. Still, much happened along the way. New York Times music writer Neil Strauss tagged along as the band endured, among other things, broken-down buses, broken ankles, payments of smoked fish and a sighting of Einar Melax, the reclusive former guitar player for the Sugarcubes. “On a Saturday night the band arrived in Akureyri, Iceland’s second-largest city, after Reykjavik,” writes Strauss. “It was therefore a disappointment when the only audience members were three women. Nonetheless, the band pledged to perform its best show and delivered, having a lot of fun in the process. ‘I’ve done a hundred rock ‘n’ roll shows,’ [guitarist Olafur] Jonsson said afterward. ‘But tonight I did the best show of my life. And for what? For three ladies in Akureyri. Isn’t that the story of my life?’ ”
We are Vikings!
by Suzanne Schlosberg | 05.02.01 | 1:14 AM ET
Photo illustration by Michael Yessis. Rain, freezing temperatures and "glaciers the size of New Jersey" were among the obstacles Suzanne Schlosberg faced as she pedaled with the Road Cycling Club of Reykjavik, Iceland.
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