Things about Iceland

I figured since Adam is sick I would make a blog post about some things we´ve noticed about Iceland:

- There are no laundromats in Reykjavik. There is supposed to be one at the backpacker hostel down the street, but it is still being built. Most hotels have laundry services, except ours of course. I had to bring our clothes to a drycleaner´s.
- There are no phonebooths here. It´s hard to make international calls. I had to (very expensively I´m sure) call the insurance people and home on our hotel phone. I think everyone has cellphones here. You can rent them at the backpacker hostel.
- People eat dinner here really late. We´re used to eating supper around 6 or so, but here you go out to restaurants around 8 or 9. Weird.
- Drink prices change drastically depending on where you are. The Beatles bar where we go cost 6,000 kr ( about 5.75 or so each) per pint. Other bars charge up to 8,000 kr (7.75 ish). Even for the same beer!
- People in Reykjavik are sort of standoffish during the day. People are polite enough but you don´t get into conversations with strangers unless you are sharing a hottub or are getting coffee from them or something. People don´t smile at each other on the street. It´s a totally different story at night though. People are super friendly. I have noticed quite a few belligerent drunks though quite late at night. I think because we are right in the heart of downtown and people who are there late at night are there to party. People are constantly breaking bottles and you have to watch out for broken glass on the cobblestone streets when you are out walking.
- The people here are incredibly stylish. Everyone looks like a million bucks and it is really obvious who the tourists are. There are people who are really metro-looking who are in boots, skinny jeans and fabulous wraps and dresses, then you get the metro-men who have silly haircuts and who are dressed in designer duds, then you get the guys and gals with the converse shoes (which are everywhere) and more indie-looking. Finally, you have the tourists who always have backpacks on and carry cameras. The tourists are always over-dressed too, wearing hiking boots and outdoor hiking clothes to go out to get coffee or to go for a walk. I´m not going to lie, we definitely keep our camera and backpack close by, but the extreme weather jackets and hiking boots in the city are so ridiculous!
- Icelandic people are very proud of their music. They are super proud of Jonsi and Sigur Ros and it´s fun to talk to them about music. 
- British TV sucks. Adam and I have been stuck in the hotel room a bit lately (with his teeth yesterday and with him not feeling well and all), and all that they show is the X-factor and terrible reality shows. We only have a couple English channels, but there is seriously nothing good on. We actually got excited when Friends came on yesterday. How sad.

That´s it for today, I´m sure there will be more to come!