Here they are! The total expensed for Iceland

Total days: 8

Total expenses: US$ 3707.98

Daily expenses: US$ 463.50

For some people this might not seem like a lot of money, however, if you read my book “Backpacking my Style” you know how much I usually spend. Needless to say that to me, this is a lot.

grandma's wanderlust: Fun and interesting facts about Iceland

grandma's wanderlust: Fun and interesting facts about Iceland: Jail house After years of only having one jail house they had to build a bigger one.   The original prison housed 11 inmates, the ...

Fun and interesting facts about Iceland

Jail house

After years of only having one jail house they had to build a bigger one.  The original prison housed 11 inmates, the new one houses 33 inmates.

This prison no only serves Reykjavík, it serves the whole country. As you can see, this is a very safe country, as most to the crimes are petty incidents. 

Heating

Iceland's houses have radiators that are pumped with boiling hot water that comes directly from the ground, obviously, all the heating is free.

The streets are also heated by the hot water, so during the cold months of winter there is never snow or ice on the roads. However, as I mentioned on a prior blog, we were there during the summer and it was freezing. 

Food

One of the famous foods of Iceland are the hotdogs, and the most famous place to eat them is Bæjarins Beztu Hot Dog Stand, which is located on the corner of Tryggvagata and Pósthússtræti. If you ask anybody about the hotdog stand, they will tell you where it is as everybody know it. The hot dogs are made of lamb and they are delicious, however, you need to order at least two, because one is not enough.

Lamb soup is very typical and a lot of fish, however, I am allergic to fish.

Iceland is expensive. We bought food at the supermarket a few times and cooked at the hostel, and this is something I don’t usually do, however, that proved to be expensive too.

World cup

This is the first year, after many tries, that Iceland made it into the world cup. There were big screens all over town showing the matches and all the bars had TV’s showing them too. Even that they lost, they were happy and proud to have made it to the cup. It was nice to see them all cheering and being happy to participate.

The country is beautiful, and even that it is expensive, it is well worth it.

I would not mind coming back one day.