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Hey guys, what is going on? My name is Lily Monroe and you're listening to Escort Confessions.

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So, I know it's been a month, actually more than a month since my last trip and I just came back from Iceland yesterday and

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first of all, I would highly recommend going there. The tickets should be around $1000 or so, unless you can find it for cheaper.

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Please let me know if you do, because tickets are getting expensive, people are traveling more, especially when it's coming.

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When it's closer to the summer. So, yeah, I'm going to talk a little bit about the trip. I'm going to tell you about the cool locations I visited

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and also the locations I would highly recommend visiting yourself once you get there.

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So, I went to Iceland on the 15th of April and had an overnight flight due to the 4-hour time difference.

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So, they're 4 hours ahead of us. So, I arrived early in the morning, I think it was like 7 a.m. or so.

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And the first awesome thing I noticed is that, you know, when you go to the bathrooms, they don't have any gaps.

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So, I don't know how it is for guys, but every freaking time I go to the airport in United States, there's the tiniest gap in the door.

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When you close the door, like, you can still see people. Like, what the hell, America? Like, nobody else has that.

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So, when I came to Iceland bathroom in the airport, you could close the door behind you and they have... it's like a tiny room.

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There's a sink, toilet, there's baby changing station and it was pretty good. And their toilets are super clean, they're super economy.

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The bathrooms are being cleaned like every hour or so. So, I was super impressed with that.

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I landed in the Keflavik airport, which is kind of considered Reykjavik, which is the capital of Iceland.

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So, yeah, it was considered part of Reykjavik airport, which is like almost an hour away from Keflavik.

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Keflavik is in the western side of Iceland. So, yeah, I visited the lighthouse and oh, the temperature.

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The temperature was like... I would say it was 5 degrees Celsius, which is very cold in Fahrenheit.

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I think it was like 40 or 30 degrees in Fahrenheit. Do correct me if I'm wrong, but it was really cold.

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I basically had to put on a shirt, sweater, hoodie and then furry... fur... furry... and then fur coat on top and I was still cold.

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Oh, and had scarf and gloves. So, that's how cold it gets and if not colder.

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So, and it's windy, so make sure you put on sunscreen, you put lots of lotion.

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I don't care if you're a guy, even if you're a guy, put on lotion. It's not a girly thing to look good at any age.

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So, basically I set up my trip in Keflavik and I drove to the south because they had a bunch of waterfalls

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and there is volcano eruption going on. It's been going on for four weeks in the town of Grindavik, which is in the south.

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So, a few roads were closed and yeah, it's like... you can't go to volcano, which kind of sucks, because I always wanted to see lava.

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And volcano itself and I will actually talk about that later.

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So, went to the south, saw some gazers that smelled like sulfur.

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Oh, and... oh yeah, because I was so tired. I was sleep deprived.

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So, I always try to get like Comfort Plus and I'm gonna tell you Comfort Plus is actually less comfortable for me personally

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than the main cabin at the airport, which is like the economy pretty much.

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So, and sometimes if I get lucky, I get upgraded to First Class or Comfort Plus or Delta One, I think.

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Yeah, so... so, I was sleep deprived. I tried my best to get comfortable to the seat next to me,

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because apparently my neighbor on the plane, he forgot he had a plane ride to Iceland. I don't know, something got cancelled.

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So, I had a whole road to myself, which was like only two seats by the window.

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I always get window seat because, you know, views and stuff.

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So, but window seats are always a little bit colder due to the air vents and like a little bit of air coming out.

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So, I got maybe at most two hours of sleep. So, I was exhausted when I came there.

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Exhausted, but very excited.

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And I drove to the first town and when I walked into hotel, my hotel room, it was so nice.

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It was very simple and like they have... they had two twin beds and the covers,

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like there were the covers, the blankets were on top of it and like...

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and I put in like the highest temperature and it was all very economy and they like to recycle.

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And I think the room cost about $120, $120 American dollars.

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And in their currency, it's Icelandic krona, I believe.

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So, the price are like $2,000, $5,000. So, yeah, don't get freaked out if you see that.

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It's normal. And yeah, they like to recycle and the room looked more than...

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more luxurious than what I paid for, which is always a good thing.

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So, and everybody's super nice and yeah.

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Oh, and on my first night, so I actually went to bed at 4 p.m. and I woke up at 11 p.m.

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and it was snowing in April, but you know, it's Iceland, it's closer to the North Pole with Santa lives.

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So, yeah, I'm like, you know what? Iceland is one... is probably one of the top three safest countries.

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So, I saw the snow and I have not seen the snow for a year.

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I'm like, I'm gonna go walk and take pictures. So, I did that and you know,

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there were barely any cars driving because it's quiet time at 11 p.m.

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I probably looked... I probably looked like a criminal walking in at night with a very colored hoodie,

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like taking random pictures, like what the hell?

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But yeah, and I don't know, the air was so clear and clean and I enjoyed walking in the snow.

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It was very romantic and came back and slept until 6 a.m.

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Oh, for breakfast, I took picture of their breakfast at the hotel.

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So, they have two different types of meats, three different types of cheeses, cheese, olives,

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different types of fruits, bread. Oh, the fresh bread. Their bread is so fresh. It's ridiculous.

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It's like crispy and crunchy and soft inside and it's perfect.

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And there's butter, there's juices, there's coffee, there's espresso, there's all kinds of stuff.

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And I'm like, now this is breakfast because it's healthy, it's nutritious,

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unlike in America, which why explains why in Iceland everybody's so fit, which they are actually,

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because they're so into health and they don't eat a lot.

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And if they do eat a lot, it's very nutritious.

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Like, I ate a lot, probably I ate a lot twice a day or sometimes once a day,

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but it was all really good food and I walked a lot and everybody walks a lot.

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They still drive cars, but I haven't seen a lot of fat people.

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So, it's like, you know, it's a good country where people are skinny, I guess.

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Well, okay, okay, sometimes in India, there's a lot of skinny people,

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but the country is poor on some parts of it, some parts of it.

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So, and then again, everything comes in a comparison.

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So, but the main thing is they eat nutritious food and everybody is very into being healthy.

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So, so then left the hotel.

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I, every day I probably drove at least for four hours, I would say.

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So, stayed in a bunch of guest houses, which is like a hostel.

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But you are alone in the room, but you have shared bathroom and kitchen and living room area.

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And I don't remember a lot of people staying in guest houses because it's,

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the season is just beginning.

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Like, most of the people, they travel in summer.

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So, yeah, so I drove to the south, saw a couple of waterfalls and they have biggest waterfalls.

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Like, I've seen waterfalls before and a lot of them, the waterfalls previously I saw,

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like, I remember one of the prettiest waterfalls was in Canada.

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And ever since then, every waterfall comes in comparison.

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But there is one in which you can walk behind it.

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Unfortunately, the area was closed.

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Just my luck, but that's okay.

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And, oh my God, so many influencers.

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It's ridiculous.

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I remember, like, there was this Asian girl and her friends were taking pictures of her.

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And she was like, oh no, ew, I look ugly.

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What the hell?

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Do it again.

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And I'm like, I would never talk to my friends like that.

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Like, what kind of friend is she that talks like that?

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But anyways, freaking influencers.

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Hate them.

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I like to say I'm a travel influencer because I influence people to travel more.

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But that's it.

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And yeah, but I don't take, like, you know, influencer type of pictures.

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I just take normal pictures, move on with my day.

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I'm not gonna spend 30 minutes taking one picture.

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That's just wasting my time, so.

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This is what I think of influencers.

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Yeah, so a couple of waterfalls.

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So really cool horses.

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I call them emo horses because their hair is covering their eyes.

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But they're so nice.

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One of them tried to eat my jacket, which I found funny.

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I think that horse pooped before because my jacket smelled like shit after he tried to eat it.

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So that's okay.

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They were very nice horses and ponies.

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And I had so much fun petting them and taking pictures with them on the way.

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And they were just like, I mean, they belong to somebody on the farm.

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There's like lots of farms in Iceland because it's such a huge area.

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So I took pictures with the horses and moved on with my day.

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And I'm gonna tell you about what happens next in the next video, in the next podcast.

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So thank you so much for tuning in today.

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And I will talk to you guys next time.