pictures

a number of pictures are now up on Facebook in my photo album. I will try to get them put over into one of the photo hosting sites for those without facebook, over the next few days. Am still pretty tired form teh trip, and still waiting for th emissing luggage to arrive home. I really am not looking forward to having to make all my viking clothes and shoes over again.

I was sitting and going over things form the trip and i want to reassure folks that the costs of things in Iceland really are about comparable to those prices in the US.
I mean, the price you see on the shelf in the store already had the tax calcualted into it. In the resaurants, the price on the menu has the tax and the tip included already.
I sat and figured out a few of the prices i paid for things, and while some were a bit higher than i might pay in the US, most were pretty much in line with our prices. This of course takes into account the fact that I am known for my cheapness. So i stopped and looked at a few things in the stores and lo an behold, the prices are really pretty close. True enough, with my online sale source, I can find the airbed i bought for 7000 ISK ( or about 60$ US) for about $30 US, then i have to pay shipping, and tax...so again, some things are higher.
When it comes to food, the Icelanders have a very high standard, and much of their food is organically grown. Very fresh, and very tasty. Some are an acquired taste, but there are enough familiar things to keep you fed without it being a lot of money.
I think i paid about 260 $2 US for a lamb meat hotdog. All done up, you do not realize it is lamb. bigger than the dogs at the mational chain, and remember the tax is already in the price. How can you go wrong!

There were of course some things that were much less than i pay in the US, but I shall not divulge them untill after i have built my import empire fortune! BWA HA HAAAAA.

all for now, sleep still beckons.