Wednesdays in Iceland - #3

Highway 41

The Flybus trip from the KEF airport to Reykjavík is always the real start of each of my Icelandic sojourns.

This road (which is vastly improved from my first visit in 2000) is full of interesting scenery, whether it is in the dawn’s early light (in October or March) or on a dark and spooky night—on my upcoming trip I’ll be arriving in Iceland on October 31 and the sun doesn't rise until 10A.M! Halloween never used to celebrated in Iceland but it has become somewhat popular there in recent years, although Monday night isn’t the best day of the week for a costume ball.

This year’s trip will be bittersweet—I can’t keep doing this forever—but I felt that The Iceland Airwaves music festival could use my little bit of support in this, its first year back from Covid shutdowns in 2020 and 2021. I have gotten so much from it over the years, from magical musical moments shared in tiny venues with a dozen other people, to full-on euphoria in crowded halls. There might be some restrictions on crowd size but it will be great to see some of my old favorites as well as new acts that could wind up on my future playlists.