We are boarding the ship today after spending a week in Iceland. We flew Icelandair from Denver to Rekjjavik; certainly the fastest way to get here but not the most comfortable. I booked Saga class, which is sort of analogous to a domestic US first class cabin, but with seats that hardly recline. There was a metal footrest attached to the seat in front of you, so no back of the legs support. There was quite s bit if turbulence, making it even more uncomfortable. Service was OK, but you had to remind them about three times every time you asked for more water, etc. in hindsight I should have just booked premium economy - there were a couple of rows of those seats directly behind the Saga Class cabin that looked about the same, without the center console, so you might actually have a wider seat in those.

This is our 2nd time in Iceland; 4 years ago we did day trips from Rekjjavik - a super jeep excursion, Golden Circle and hiking in Thorsmork, and rented a car and spent a couple of days exploring the Snaefeflness peninsula, west of Rekjavik.

This time we concentrated on the south and east part of the country. We landed about 6:30 AM, picked up a car and headed south to explore the Reykjanes peninsula, initially taking side roads along the coast rather than the N1 and stopping in the geothermal area of Krysuvik, a fishing village, Eyrarbakki, a once thriving trading center in the 18th century, drove around the Hella horse farm area looking for Icelandic horses to photograph, drove out to a medieval turf roof farm, stopped at the Selijlandfoss and Skogarfoss waterfalls, and checked into the Hotel Skogar, a comfy hotel down the road from the waterfall, with a terrific restaurant.