A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Reykjavík, Iceland by TravelPod blogger Spsadventures titled "Reykjavik City" Spsadventures’s travel blog entry: "I love IcelandAir. My knees loves the legroom. The pillowcases had a cute bedtime poem on them in English and Icelandic. The seat backs even had cute little facts about Icelandic on them. Just on the plane, we learned that the Prime Minister is in the phone book and that the most popular restaurant in the country is a hot dog stand. The only negative about the flight is that it is only 5 hours from NYC. So, I did not get the typical 8 hours of sleep I'm use to getting when flying to Europe. When we arrived, we checked to see how much a taxi to our hotel was going to be, and it was twice what the bus was for 2 people. The line for bus tickets was hella long, but they make sure that they get everybody out. My recommendation is to just buy the tickets ahead of time. We got to our hotel (IcelandAir Loftleider), and they were "upgrading" almost everybody to the Hilton Nordica. While the Hilton has much nicer decor and I imagine a nicer breakfast, it is not in quite as good of a location, so we were a bit bummed since that was our priority. We quickly ate (the buffet was huge), grabbed a nap, and headed downtown. It was only 30 F, so we didn't think it would be that rough, but the winds were howling. As we walked by the sea, the wind splashed water up the barrier wall and iced over the path. I put on my sunglasses ...