David and I leave for Reykjavik, Iceland tomorrow night and I realized yesterday that I didn’t bring a thing to wear in cold climates with me to NYC. I have a suitcase full of shorts and flip-flops … and a pair of jeans. So, I ventured out in search of some sort of winter wear and found just the stuff I needed at the North Face in SoHo. I loaded up on water-resistant, wind-resistant, cold-resistant gear that will hopefully make our trip to Iceland nothing but fun :) I got fleecy jackets and gloves and all sorts of really warm and durable gear for our trip … I’ll be looking something like this:
David and I have a 10-hour daytrip to go hiking and snowmobiling on a glacier and I didn’t even bring shoes … so I had to load up on everything. I’m excited tho, we are going to have a blast … I can’t wait.
Last night, David and I met up with his friends Lisa and Matthew for dinner at SoHo House which was very, very fun … Lisa is one of my fave people ever. She and I talked about going to Istanbul together … but one trip at a time ;)
Nothing fancy going on tonight, I think we’re doing a quiet dinner with David’s sister Eden. We talked about going to Fredrick’s but I think I might be up for trying a new place altogether. We’ll see …
i just got back from Iceland a few weeks ago- you will love it! it’s so beautiful! try the skyr- it is delish. the hardfiskur, not so much. also, the blue lagoon is not to be missed (just don’t look at the gunk that’s at the bottom). you will need good gear to do anythgin outdoorsy- the rain is tolerable, it’s the wind that is crazy. they should call it “Windland”.
i live in ireykjavík, i always thought it would be cool if you came here. hope to see you around.
for how long are you staying?
have a good trip :)
Hope to see you around.
If you guys get cold you can always buy more outdoor clothes but its really not that cold about 9-13°c but a little windy and rainy these couple of weeks. But Iceland is always great and expecially when you are a tourist, i live here but i became a tourist here this summer and it was awesome :)
again have an awesome trip and i cant wait to see the pics :)
Have a good trip!
And you haters… take your eyes elsewhere.
I did a snowmobile trip last time I was in iceland … are you going to snaefellsjokull (gold star for me if I’m spelling that correctly)? when we went it was cloudy and we couldn’t see anything at the top of the glacier!
Hi Trent, like I mentioned before, don’t forget to try a hotdog downtown…and I remembered a couple of other things too, Coke and Prince Polo candy bars go great together. And if you happen to be a fan of black licorice there is lots of that in the candy stores too. I think it’s been a bit windy and rainy this week, but don’t let it get you down, just brave the weather in your north face gear. You can see a great view of Reykjavik and the surrounding areas from “the Pearl”, or from the big church in the center of town. Wish I could go too. Have a lovely time you guys!
Brynja
Trent. The spontaneous”winter” vaycay is such a cool idea. very romantic (I wish I could afford the time to do that). Iceland is very very cool (no pun intended). Your lucky you only have to wear your New Gear on this trip… In a month- I will have to wear like twenty layers of clothing starting everyday till april. Embrace the North Face! You better be taking lots of Pics. Sorry all the Hater’s are trying to bring you down before your trip. Have fun you crazy bitch!
My best friend lives in Reykjavik and I was lucky enough to visit her a few years ago. You’re going to have a blast. And the countryside is so gorgeous!
Can’t wait to hear what you think of the nightlife… heh.
Bon voyage!