The Huron Expositor, 1985-08-28, Page 10i
A10 -. THE HURON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 28, 1985
Icelandic tour
experience
for two ladies
EDITORS NOTE: Winona Martin of
Brussels and Myrtle Carson of Listowel have
returned from an interesting tour of Iceland.
This is an account of their trip as submitted.
After flying from New York on a famous
Icelandic Plane for five hours they landed at
the Keflavik Airport in Iceland. From there
they were taken by bus to Reykjavik, the
capital city of Iceland, and the most
populated city: During the tour of Reykjavik
they saw many churches, mills for woollens
and aluminum, fish processing plants,
swimming pools heated all year by thermal
anergy, statues of the founder of Iceland
Qngolfur Arnarason) and Leif Erickson,
founder of Labrador. Sculpted work of
Asmundur Sveinsson, old village grass roofs
and many other things were observed.
The currency is the ,krone and 39 to 40
krone amount to one American dollar. Food
is very expensive. Tropical fruits are
imported and other commodities seem
expensive to Canadians.
There is a time change of four hours and in
summer it is light quite late in the evening as
the Gulf Stream affects the climate the
winter temperature is milder than New York.
The summer temperature is 54 degrees
Fahrenheit or warmer many days. It often
mins, and spoils the photographers para-
dise.
It is a land of glaciers, boiling mud pots,
lava formations and steaming springs which
carry water for miles in large pipes to heat
the homes and supply electricity.
Strokkur (Boy) Geyser erupts every five
minutes to a height of 30 to 40 feet. The
Great Geyser does not erupt very often -
often years apart.
The area is 39,756 square miles, and the
population is 237,894.
They have many wild flowers but trees are
scarce, so many houses are cement.
They have reindeer, fox, mink, birds,
insects but no ants, snakes, or amphibians,
The speed limit in town is 30 miles and in
the country 45.
It is a republic (with a president) and has
been since 1944.
A smaller plane was boarded for the
northern city of Akureyri where the
co-operative movement is in force. A
Russian Cruise ship was in the large port
there.
Not far away in the Godafoss Falls (Golden
Falis) which is a triple falls much like
Niagara Falls.
Myvtan Lake is a paradise for waterfowl.
Near here are the mud pots, and Hverfell
Crater (Hell) which in 1725 devastated the
land for miles.
At Krafla is the geothermal station which
sends hot water to many places.
There are steep mountains and winding
roads without guard rails.
An Icelandic home handed down for many
generations was visited. They kept 60 cows,
sheep and a few horses. The farm
implements are imported. also cars. For
afternoon lunch waffles, bars, two kinds of
fancy breads, rhubarb jam, whipped cream
and coffee was served for 100 krone.
The hotels were good. Three nights we
had to stay in boarding schools which were
transformed into hotels for the summer.
Sometimes in outlying regions the pupils
stay all week there, and in the winter longer.
The beds were hard bunk beds with
three-inch foam mattresses and a stuffed
comforter on top. Many of our group put the
comforter under them to make the bed more
comfortable!
The Icelandic people have many crafts
induding wood carving, earthenware arti-
des, embroidery and hand knitted sweaters,
coats, tarns, scarves known the world over.
We travelled in a mini -bus rover equipped
with Good Year Tures. We crossed streams a
dozen times, the bed being stony and dear
water eight inches deep. Last year one
stream suddenly gushed and several lives
were lost. It was rather startling to drive
through a stream to an island, and then
through water again hoping you'd reach the
other shore.
We travelled between two huge glaciers
(there are many small ones) past Hecia Mt.
Volcano which destroyed much land and
animals in eruptions.
At Thingvelir we climbed the rocks to
Althing which was the seat of the parliament
(open air) in 930 A.D.
We crossed the National Park which is a
Holy Place. You take nothing and leave
nothing. Iceland is a very tidy and clean
country. There is no air pollution because
energy and heat are made with hot water.
There are many islands. In the south is
Vestmannaeyjar Island which erupted in
1963 and the lava increased its size by
one-third. In 1973 all had to be evacuated by
plane and boats. It has been rebuilt. In the
north is Grimsey island and the Arctic Circle
passes through the governor's home.
The last night in Reykjavik some of us
attended an Icelandic Supper at Naust which
included many kinds of fish. There was a
program of folk songs and poems in English
and Icelandic (they study English and
Danish in school also) guitar music, etc. At
the dose there was a floor fashion of the
woollen factories and hand knit sweaters,
coats, tams, scarves put on in fantastic ways.
This was a very different trip. We didn't
see huge churches, nor ruins of ancient
temples, but something we can think about
for years to come.
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Bernard Eighty-two percent. Honors -
Shirley Hoegy seventy-seven percent, and
Heather McGavin seventy-seven percent.
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