Just got back from Iceland, ask me anything.

[jbane]

I spent most of my time in Reykjavik.

[wildeyed]

1. What is the music scene like?

I have heard that it is wonderful. But I have heard that the whole country is pretty wonderful, too.

[jbane]

5. They seem to...

They seem to like the techno stuff but they can rock too.

[wildeyed]

7. Sigur Ros and Bjork

it's all good :D

[jbane]

14. I liked the...

I liked the stuff I heard. Do you recommend them? I'm outta the loop on most music these day.

[wildeyed]

15. I'm otta the loop, too.

But I like Sigur Ros allot.

Reykjavík-based noise quartet Sigur Rós are the biggest band in their native Iceland, which should say much, much more about the collective insanity of that earthquake-ridden, blizzard-beaten crag of an island than anything to do with Sigur Rós's sound.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005IC2H/qid=1092964596/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-8975585-0894329

[Guy Fawkes]

2. Did you see a McDonalds that was in a really old building?

(if yes, do you know the name of the owner?)

[jbane]

6. I did not see ANY Mcd's.

I did see a KFC. Subway was there too, don't know about Jerrod!

[bigwillq]

3. What airline did you fly? (nt)

[jbane]

8. Icelanair...

We took it non stop out of BWI in Baltimore. Five hours to Keflavik which is a really small airport.

[bigwillq]

9. Was it cold there? (nt)

[jbane]

11. It never got above...

It never got above 55 degrees. When the wind blew it was like a fucking hurricane. There were short rain showers too but everything changed pretty fast. You could expect anything but a hot spell.

[bigwillq]

12. Why did you go there? (nt)

[jbane]

13. I'm in the Navy reserve...

I'm in the Navy reserve and I went there to work for the Media Center on the NATO base. We did a public affairs piece for the base television station.

[bigwillq]

16. That's cool

Were the natives nice?

[jbane]

17. They were...

They were nice polite people who were easy to engage in conversation. Almost everyone speaks English quite well. They have GREAT coffee houses too!

[smirkymonkey]

4. What was it like?

I have only been to the Reykjavik airport on a layover, but never spent time in the city itself.

What did you think? Tell us more. Are they accepting political dissidents?

[jbane]

10. I loved Reykjavik...

I loved Reykjavik. Very nice small city with a real personality. I was in Singapore last year and was impressed with how it ran, technology, multicultural, etc. but it seemed to be a very uptight place. Reykjavik is laid back but serious enough to function well.
As far a anything political, I can't really say. I was working for the Navy at the NATO base and I keep my liberal profile pretty low these days, never know what just might turn up by accident in my urine sample!