time off

A run in with some bad weather caused us to shift gears on our last full day in Iceland. We left Reykjavík after shopping and lunch, driving our little 3 door Yaris over a snowy mountain pass. It was a near blizzard but our studded tires and heavy luggage weighing down the back of the car kept us from skidding (too much) on the road.

We made it to our last guesthouse, Frumskogar, and given that we were the only guests, we were offered an apartment at the same rate as a double room. Perfect timing, since the weather was so miserable that we opted to just stay in and have a day off. We cooked our freeze dried vegan hiking food and settled in to experience Icelandic teevee for the very first time. The channel lineup was something like this:

1. Icelandic C-SPAN (nothing more glorious than an MP speaking at a podium, with two other ministers behind him.
2. Soccer, followed by golf.
3. Kids programming. Then Fox reruns (Melrose Place anyone?).
4. Icelandic home shopping network.
5. C-SPAN (the same one -- they have a very tiny parliament)
6. Icelandic home shopping network. (the same)
7. Icelandic home shopping network. (ditto)
8. Fox reruns. (yep, same bat channel)
10. Soccer or golf, only with a poor signal. (again, same channel)