On the morning of Day 13 we took the S-Bahn to Berlin Schönefeld Airport to catch our flight to Iceland via WOW air. Wow air is a newly formed budget airline specializing in budget flights to Reykjavik. We booked 10 months early and paid only 150 SGD for our flight from Berlin to Reykjavik. The stewardess were donned in bright fuchsia uniforms that gave off a very classy vibe and the inside of the aircraft was uniquely designed with catchy greetings on each seat and catchy phrases on the usual mundane objects; it really made the flight somewhat special and extra cozy. They also played ‘Ice Age 2’ on the overhead screen during the flight, unfortunately we didn’t have any earphones so we couldn’t really enjoy it. I didn’t manage to take pictures as the flight was pretty packed, so some of the pictures below are courtesy of WOW air Pinterest board.
3 hours later, we arrived at Keflavík International Airport around 3pm and it was already starting to get dark. We originally booked an airport transfer via IGtours and met up with the driver, he told us that one of the flight ferrying the bulk of the passengers sharing the bus with us was delayed, so the driver was going to wait for them. Unlike most airport transfers in Iceland, the minibus for IGtours goes directly to Siguron’s apartment without having to make a transfer at the bus station. The driver recommended us Iceland Excursions as a backup and talked to the staff there to give us a discount to make up for the trouble. We agreed as we didn’t make any upfront payment for the transfer and the driver seemed really apologetic about it. We also purchased a sim card (Vodafone) which activated immediately from the convenience shop in the airport and changed some of our Euros into Icelandic Krona (ISK) before heading outside to board the bus.
It was a smooth ride to the bus station, with a few stops at locations along the main road. We then had to transfer our luggage onto a mini-bus that could maneuver the smaller, narrower streets in Reykjavik which brought us to Siguron’s apartment! We tried our luck with SuperJeeps but they informed us that the northern lights tour has been postponed due to heavy cloud cover. So we bundled ourselves up and went for a walk along Reykjavik’s main shopping street, Laugavegur. Our last stop was the supermarket Bonus where we switched our protein from pork to fish, which is really cheap in Iceland!
absolute honesty 