Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Icelandair to Iceland




We booked a cruise on the Silversea Explorer, departing August 6 from Reykjavik. This is our second trip to Iceland; 4 years ago, before boarding a Regent Voyager cruise through the British Isles, we took day trips from Reykjavik - a super jeep excursion, Golden Circle and hiking in Thorsmork, and rented a car and spent a couple of days exploring the Snaefeflness peninsula, west of Reykjavik. This time we decided to spend a week in the south and east part of the country before we boarded the ship. 



Girls just wanna have fun! Denver airport


We flew Icelandair from Denver to Rekjjavik; certainly the fastest way to get there but not the most comfortable. I booked Saga class, which is sort of analogous to a domestic US first class cabin, but with seats that hardly recline. There was a metal footrest attached to the seat in front of you, so there was no back of the legs support. There was quite a bit of turbulence during the flight, making it even more uncomfortable. Service was OK, but you had to remind them about three times every time you asked for more water, etc. In hindsight I should have just booked premium economy - there were a couple of rows of those seats directly behind the Saga Class cabin that looked about the same, without the center console, so you might actually have a wider seat there. 

I don't really recommend them, but as you can see from their route map they offer the most direct route to Iceland from the US with no backtracking from Europe required. 





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