Mi Casa Es Su Casa, and other casas as well

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When we get married, you should totally stay at the hotel! Unless, y'know, you don't.

People have been sending in all sorts of great places you can stay around town, from Reykjavik Backpackers, where in the middle of summer you can get a room (with seven of your closest new friends) for under $30/night. 

Then there's The House of the Spirits, about which Vickie reports: "They've got several studios (14 in total, i think?), and then a few two-room and three-room units. the larger units accommodate families or multiple guests (in case you have, like, four friends who all want to split a place). The prices are all really reasonable. And it's even run by a gay couple."

Extremely Helpful Vickie also reports: "FYI, one tier up (price-wise) are the luna apartments, which are also highly rated on tripadvisor. their studios are 98 euro/night, and they have larger apartments, as well.

Do, I Say DO Go Chasing Waterfalls!

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A cool 552 kilometers (or, um, eesh -- eight miles?) from the Grand Hotel is Europe's (yes, stop it, Iceland IS in Europe) biggest waterfall. Should you decide to just stay in the country for a while or forever, this is one of the premiere nature-y destinations you can't find anywhere else. I'm pretty sure we'll be stopping there on the honeymoon, so if you decide to come with us we'll all go cliff-diving. I mean "waterfall staring."

(Compliments of Meesh.)

Q&A

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Wow.

Since I sent out an email to our confirmed guests a couple of days ago, I have been barraged with some questions that I've gotten from multiple people. So I put together a little Wedding FAQ to help everyone...know stuff. Here we go:

So when are YOU guys getting there?
Eric and I are arriving in Reykjavik the Monday prior to the wedding because we have to file some official paperwork with the government of a country that will actually let us get married. So we'll be there starting on 8/15. We're staying at the hotel the whole time, and would love all of the play friends we can get.

What can I do in Reykjavik if I get there early?
If you're in Reykjavik for more than a couple of days, there are about a million billion day trips around town. Personally, I love the actual city and could just hang out there drinking great coffee for days, but if you're looking for specific day trips outside of the city, check out the website for Reykjavik Excursions, a very popular tour company that takes you everywhere.

But I want to see glaciers! And nature! And northern lights!
Well, then, I must most HIGHLY recommend the honeymoon Eric and I are going on. Here, read this: http://ourweddinginiceland.blogspot.com/2010/11/honeymoon-with-everyone.html. Yes. We are going with Eric's family on a driving trip around the entire island. But you can customize a trip to your liking, and there are different packages that include different lengths and tiers of fanciness. But if you're looking for the northern lights...you need to go there in December.

Do I need to rent a car if I'm just staying in the city?
No, no, no...a thousand times no! Or, as they say in Icelandic, no with a line through the "o." The actual city centre is quite small and walkable, and the hotel is about a fifteen minute walk from that centre. There is also a pretty sweet public transit system in the city, as well as shuttles from the hotel into town.

Is Iceland really big enough for planes to land on?
Seriously, mom? Seriously?

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