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Ivalde Svartalf Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.07.26 09:56:00 - [1] Edited by: Ivalde Svartalf on 26/07/2008 09:56:30 Hi Icelandic players Just landed on Iceland for a couple of days vacation with my family. Have planned to do some of the touristic stuff like visiting the Geysir and Gullfoss, bathing in the Blue Lagoon and take a boat trip watching some whales. Is there anything else that is a MUST when you are on Iceland? We will rent a car but are planning to stay in the south area. Also, we will celebrate the wifes birthday and was recommended the Orange restaurant as a good one. Would you agree? Any input is welcome Cheers! /Ivalde
Ivalde Svartalf Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.07.26 09:56:00 - [2] Edited by: Ivalde Svartalf on 26/07/2008 09:56:30 Hi Icelandic players Just landed on Iceland for a couple of days vacation with my family. Have planned to do some of the touristic stuff like visiting the Geysir and Gullfoss, bathing in the Blue Lagoon and take a boat trip watching some whales. Is there anything else that is a MUST when you are on Iceland? We will rent a car but are planning to stay in the south area. Also, we will celebrate the wifes birthday and was recommended the Orange restaurant as a good one. Would you agree? Any input is welcome Cheers! /Ivalde

CCP Whisper	Posted - 2008.07.26 10:06:00 - [3] Pick up a copy of The Reykjavik grapevine when you get here. It's free and has up to date events listings for everything from art exhibitions to concerts. You should also go and see ¦ingvellir, the place where the Icelandic parliament was established and where the North American and European tectonic plates move apart. It's quite beautiful, with a great national park to wander around in.

LaVista Vista	Posted - 2008.07.26 10:09:00 - [4] Originally by: CCP Whisper You should also go and see ¦ingvellir, the place where the Icelandic parliament was established and where the North American and European tectonic plates move apart. It's quite beautiful, with a great national park to wander around in. I agree. It's a beautiful place!

CCP Whisper	Posted - 2008.07.26 10:13:00 - [5] As for Orange...holy St. Olga of the Overdraft but that place serves expensive food. But it's worth experiencing, especially if you're going to be up here in Iceland and have an occasion to celebrate. However be aware that it's a 'modern food' establishment that stays true to the rule that the size of your portion is inversely proportional to the price you are paying for it. Their ****tails are meant to be really good though, and at 500 isk for a shot there's plenty of choices to help you deal with the cost of the food.

Verlyn	Posted - 2008.07.26 13:43:00 - [6] Landmannalaugr! But then again you're just here for a few days and that's a bit too far off from the capital. You could have time to go to Blue lagoon though, it's not far. Enjoy!
Mr Friendly	Posted - 2008.07.26 19:00:00 - [7] Edited by: Mr Friendly on 26/07/2008 19:03:16 Originally by: CCP Whisper Their ***tails are meant to be really good though, and at 500 isk for a shot there's plenty of choices to help you deal with the cost of the food. lol, link gets owned by the word filter... nublet edit: actually, those ccktail prices are pretty good... I guess once they violate you with the food prices, they push cheap booze to make you forget :)
EnslaverOfMinmatar Yarsk Hunters DeaDSpace Coalition	Posted - 2008.07.26 20:10:00 - [8] go to CCP
Jascal Nova-Tek	Posted - 2008.07.26 20:39:00 - [9] You should definitely get a slab of Hakarl to eat while you are there. yum! -Old and in the way . . Shine up the Mod's bullet before you let them carry it in their shirt pocket :)
Zinras Caldari Order of draugr	Posted - 2008.07.26 22:18:00 - [10] You should visit CCP, after doing the touristy stuff Originally by: CCP Greyscale moderated - mother abuse - Mitnal Originally by: Jenny Spitfire That si a fact comming out from my bran.

CCP Whisper	Posted - 2008.07.26 22:51:00 - [11] While visiting Iceland is a great thing to do with many rewarding sites to see, visiting the CCP office will be an exercise in disappointment. We do not offer tours of the building, so please don't try. And the building itself is pretty bland looking from the outside.

cytomatrix Caldari Carebear Killers Inc. Anarchy.	Posted - 2008.07.26 23:24:00 - [12] Originally by: CCP Whisper While visiting Iceland is a great thing to do with many rewarding sites to see, visiting the CCP office will be an exercise in disappointment. We do not offer tours of the building, so please don't try. And the building itself is pretty bland looking from the outside. Unless you go there with two large kegs of beer. They will let you run the office for one day. (just kidding btw) ______________________________________________________________
Ivalde Svartalf Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.07.27 00:58:00 - [13] Thanks guy¦s, for good advice. We went for Whispers advice on ¦ingvellir this first day (needed to copy the name from his post since my keyboard does not have "th"=¦ kind of letter). We actually skipped all the day tour crap and rented a car instead. Went all the way to Gullfoss via ¦ingvellir. Really nice and impressive day! Tomorrow we will visit what Verlyn suggested, the Blue Lagoon. It seems like something you have to do being here. But first we will go horseriding. No kidding, but the last time I tried the Icelandic way of riding (called t÷lt I beleive), I had my ass injured for 3 days.... For the Orange restaurant, we picked another one called the Argentina instead. Well, I said "St Olga" here as well. Food can really be expensive on Iceland. It was good no dubt, but prices knocks you out. The restaurant Vegam=t on our first night was more my style, good beer and decent food in friendly atmosphere. Visiting CCP? Well, I will go there to have a look, but not expecting the red carpet. Do understand that the guy¦s needs to work. But I will place myself on the stairs, hook up the laptop to a random wireless and.... jump in from Torrinos and kill the first red thing in my overview and screem in local "I did this from CCP HQ"! Then I will paintbrush on the side of the office building "You¦ve been Interdicted" ;-) Cheers!
EliteSlave Minmatar M. Corp Mostly Harmless	Posted - 2008.07.27 03:02:00 - [14] Dont Forget the worlds greatest hot dog stand...... omg that is awesome... also... I reccomend the Hakarl and Brennivin :)
EliteSlave Minmatar M. Corp Mostly Harmless	Posted - 2008.07.27 03:08:00 - [15] Originally by: Ivalde Svartalf Thanks guy¦s, for good advice. We went for Whispers advice on ¦ingvellir this first day (needed to copy the name from his post since my keyboard does not have "th"=¦ kind of letter). We actually skipped all the day tour crap and rented a car instead. Went all the way to Gullfoss via ¦ingvellir. Really nice and impressive day! Tomorrow we will visit what Verlyn suggested, the Blue Lagoon. It seems like something you have to do being here. But first we will go horseriding. No kidding, but the last time I tried the Icelandic way of riding (called t÷lt I beleive), I had my ass injured for 3 days.... For the Orange restaurant, we picked another one called the Argentina instead. Well, I said "St Olga" here as well. Food can really be expensive on Iceland. It was good no dubt, but prices knocks you out. The restaurant Vegam=t on our first night was more my style, good beer and decent food in friendly atmosphere. Visiting CCP? Well, I will go there to have a look, but not expecting the red carpet. Do understand that the guy¦s needs to work. But I will place myself on the stairs, hook up the laptop to a random wireless and.... jump in from Torrinos and kill the first red thing in my overview and screem in local "I did this from CCP HQ"! Then I will paintbrush on the side of the office building "You¦ve been Interdicted" ;-) Cheers! just a friendly reminder.... dont call the horse a pony... big mistake..
Ivalde Svartalf Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.07.27 11:36:00 - [16] Originally by: EliteSlave dont call the horse a pony... big mistake.. lol, will remember that! Think I will try: - Mr Horse, please take me slowly from A to B in one piece and you¦ll get a beer when we¦re finshed.
LaVista Vista	Posted - 2008.07.27 11:40:00 - [17] Originally by: CCP Whisper While visiting Iceland is a great thing to do with many rewarding sites to see, visiting the CCP office will be an exercise in disappointment. We do not offer tours of the building, so please don't try. And the building itself is pretty bland looking from the outside. Now I try to post this for the fourth time: Surely you guys give tours of the fish tank? The fish needs food you know

CCP Whisper	Posted - 2008.07.27 12:29:00 - [18] Originally by: LaVista Vista Surely you guys give tours of the fish tank? The fish needs food you know Well for starters there are no fish in the tank yet. It's been filled and there's sand and coral in it, but before the fish are added the water needs to be salted and a lengthy cycling process needs to complete. I'm also doubtful whether we will be using carnivorous fish, even though several people have called for piranha.

Dantes Revenge Caldari	Posted - 2008.07.27 12:43:00 - [19] Originally by: CCP Whisper Originally by: LaVista Vista Surely you guys give tours of the fish tank? The fish needs food you know Well for starters there are no fish in the tank yet. It's been filled and there's sand and coral in it, but before the fish are added the water needs to be salted and a lengthy cycling process needs to complete. I'm also doubtful whether we will be using carnivorous fish, even though several people have called for piranha. Just tell them Piranha would not like it, especially since they are fresh water fish Maybe a couple of Barracuda would do instead. -- There's a simple difference between kinky and perverted. Kinky is using a feather to get her in the mood. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
LaVista Vista	Posted - 2008.07.27 20:43:00 - [20] Originally by: CCP Whisper Originally by: LaVista Vista Surely you guys give tours of the fish tank? The fish needs food you know Well for starters there are no fish in the tank yet. It's been filled and there's sand and coral in it, but before the fish are added the water needs to be salted and a lengthy cycling process needs to complete. I'm also doubtful whether we will be using carnivorous fish, even though several people have called for piranha. Login attemps for this post: 3 logins Surely Solveig wouldn't mind lending you some space in her giant freezer?
Ivalde Svartalf Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.07.28 01:05:00 - [21] That is an awesome fish tank! A model of the Ferox would be perfect as decoration, since that ship looks like an Angler (Lophius piscatorius) it will blend in fine ;-) But the best idea would be to have some Crayfish. Then you can fish them up in August and have a Crayfish Party at the office. That is a Swedish/Finnish tradition I think Icelandic people would be able to take to heart. It does include eating, drinking akavfti and beer in large amounts, accompanied with singing (well, making loud noise together). By the way, I survived the horseriding. But the horse gave me the evil eye since the horse owner told me that I could not give him (the horse) the promised beer afterwards.... But it was really beautiful to ride in the Icelandic countryside.
EliteSlave Minmatar M. Corp Mostly Harmless	Posted - 2008.07.28 21:06:00 - [22] Originally by: Ivalde Svartalf That is an awesome fish tank! A model of the Ferox would be perfect as decoration, since that ship looks like an Angler (Lophius piscatorius) it will blend in fine ;-) But the best idea would be to have some Crayfish. Then you can fish them up in August and have a Crayfish Party at the office. That is a Swedish/Finnish tradition I think Icelandic people would be able to take to heart. It does include eating, drinking akavfti and beer in large amounts, accompanied with singing (well, making loud noise together). By the way, I survived the horseriding. But the horse gave me the evil eye since the horse owner told me that I could not give him (the horse) the promised beer afterwards.... But it was really beautiful to ride in the Icelandic countryside. shouldnt have said a word... feed it a carrot atleast?
Nigel Sheldon	Posted - 2008.07.28 21:55:00 - [23] love the place, went for the summer and returned back to the uk 7 years later....and wish I hadn't. EG ELSKA ISLAND!! What do too when in Iceland, the above pretty much covers it, but try and do non tourist things, instead of going through the tunnel inbetween reykjavik and akranes go round the fjord and be amazed at the beauty. I also recommand Kirkjubaejarklaustur which has to be my favouite place in the world, and would go back to live there in a heartbeat!! There is so much too see and do, and like someone said pick up a copy of the rekjavik grapevine who i used to write for, as it has so much infomation packed in it's free pages, you can pick one up almost anywhere for instance I know that hresso used to stock them...but it's been 2 years since i left iceland.

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