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Iceland: Days 1-3

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After 9 years of dreaming and waiting I finally made the journey to Iceland for an entire week. I never thought I would get there when I did but I am so glad that it finally happened. The idea to go to Iceland first came to me when my German class in high school had a guest speaker one day who came in and talked to us about Iceland.  She talked about Icelandic culture and part of me feels like she was there trying to see if any students had interest in studying there? I really don't remember I just know that after seeing photos of the country I wanted to go.  Another big reason why I wanted to go or solidified it all was hearing Tyr's cover of Regin Smidur .  You can listen to the traditional tune here The history of the vikings, the breath taking photos of the country side and hearing TYR just made me want more and more.  Since Iceland (at the time) was not a very popular place trying to convince my parents or others to go with me was quite difficult.  Although recen