It is way too early to be so late.
Good morning ladies and gents from Reykjavik, Iceland! I got in here about 3 hours ago now after my 5 hour flight from Boston, during which I don't think I slept nearly as much as I should have. I wanted to take a nap, but I can't check in to my room yet, unfortunately. So for now, I'm camped out in the lobby with some other FanFest refugees and waiting to get in.
Right now, it's almost 0900 local (which is also GMT), and the sun is just starting to creep up -- I'd say it looks like it does around 0630 or 0700 does at home. Streetlights are all still on and you can't see much other than a blue-tinged grey sky (though that may be because of the overcast skies). So far, Reykjavik does not strike me at all like a city only a bit larger than Champaign-Urbana; it seems almost like a Chicago suburb in terms of the traffic, the road structure, and a lot of the architecture, with modern glass and steel mixed with smaller buildings that seem a lot like older buildings I've seen in New England.
Yesterday was not without it's troubles, unfortunately -- my flight out of Chicago got cancelled due to mechanical problems, so instead of getting to Boston at 1330, I ended up getting there closer to 1700. In retrospect, that 7 hour layover I was griping about ended up being a good idea.
Anyway, not too much to report yet -- I haven't taken any pictures but hopefully I'll be able to do some of that later today and tomorrow and get those up here. I just wanted to make a quick post before I forgot to let everyone know I got in okay.
Right now, it's almost 0900 local (which is also GMT), and the sun is just starting to creep up -- I'd say it looks like it does around 0630 or 0700 does at home. Streetlights are all still on and you can't see much other than a blue-tinged grey sky (though that may be because of the overcast skies). So far, Reykjavik does not strike me at all like a city only a bit larger than Champaign-Urbana; it seems almost like a Chicago suburb in terms of the traffic, the road structure, and a lot of the architecture, with modern glass and steel mixed with smaller buildings that seem a lot like older buildings I've seen in New England.
Yesterday was not without it's troubles, unfortunately -- my flight out of Chicago got cancelled due to mechanical problems, so instead of getting to Boston at 1330, I ended up getting there closer to 1700. In retrospect, that 7 hour layover I was griping about ended up being a good idea.
Anyway, not too much to report yet -- I haven't taken any pictures but hopefully I'll be able to do some of that later today and tomorrow and get those up here. I just wanted to make a quick post before I forgot to let everyone know I got in okay.
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