Hey guys, what is going on? My name is Lily Monroe and you're listening to Escort Confessions.
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
first of all, I would highly recommend going there. The tickets should be around $1000 or so, unless you can find it for cheaper.
Please let me know if you do, because tickets are getting expensive, people are traveling more, especially when it's coming.
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
and also the locations I would highly recommend visiting yourself once you get there.
So, I went to Iceland on the 15th of April and had an overnight flight due to the 4-hour time difference.
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.
And the first awesome thing I noticed is that, you know, when you go to the bathrooms, they don't have any gaps.
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.
When you close the door, like, you can still see people. Like, what the hell, America? Like, nobody else has that.
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.
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.
The bathrooms are being cleaned like every hour or so. So, I was super impressed with that.
I landed in the Keflavik airport, which is kind of considered Reykjavik, which is the capital of Iceland.
So, yeah, it was considered part of Reykjavik airport, which is like almost an hour away from Keflavik.
Keflavik is in the western side of Iceland. So, yeah, I visited the lighthouse and oh, the temperature.
The temperature was like... I would say it was 5 degrees Celsius, which is very cold in Fahrenheit.
I think it was like 40 or 30 degrees in Fahrenheit. Do correct me if I'm wrong, but it was really cold.
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.
Oh, and had scarf and gloves. So, that's how cold it gets and if not colder.
So, and it's windy, so make sure you put on sunscreen, you put lots of lotion.
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.
So, basically I set up my trip in Keflavik and I drove to the south because they had a bunch of waterfalls
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.
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.
And volcano itself and I will actually talk about that later.
So, went to the south, saw some gazers that smelled like sulfur.
Oh, and... oh yeah, because I was so tired. I was sleep deprived.
So, I always try to get like Comfort Plus and I'm gonna tell you Comfort Plus is actually less comfortable for me personally
than the main cabin at the airport, which is like the economy pretty much.
So, and sometimes if I get lucky, I get upgraded to First Class or Comfort Plus or Delta One, I think.
Yeah, so... so, I was sleep deprived. I tried my best to get comfortable to the seat next to me,
because apparently my neighbor on the plane, he forgot he had a plane ride to Iceland. I don't know, something got cancelled.
So, I had a whole road to myself, which was like only two seats by the window.
I always get window seat because, you know, views and stuff.
So, but window seats are always a little bit colder due to the air vents and like a little bit of air coming out.
So, I got maybe at most two hours of sleep. So, I was exhausted when I came there.
Exhausted, but very excited.
And I drove to the first town and when I walked into hotel, my hotel room, it was so nice.
It was very simple and like they have... they had two twin beds and the covers,
like there were the covers, the blankets were on top of it and like...
and I put in like the highest temperature and it was all very economy and they like to recycle.
And I think the room cost about $120, $120 American dollars.
And in their currency, it's Icelandic krona, I believe.
So, the price are like $2,000, $5,000. So, yeah, don't get freaked out if you see that.
It's normal. And yeah, they like to recycle and the room looked more than...
more luxurious than what I paid for, which is always a good thing.
So, and everybody's super nice and yeah.
Oh, and on my first night, so I actually went to bed at 4 p.m. and I woke up at 11 p.m.
and it was snowing in April, but you know, it's Iceland, it's closer to the North Pole with Santa lives.
So, yeah, I'm like, you know what? Iceland is one... is probably one of the top three safest countries.
So, I saw the snow and I have not seen the snow for a year.
I'm like, I'm gonna go walk and take pictures. So, I did that and you know,
there were barely any cars driving because it's quiet time at 11 p.m.
I probably looked... I probably looked like a criminal walking in at night with a very colored hoodie,
like taking random pictures, like what the hell?
But yeah, and I don't know, the air was so clear and clean and I enjoyed walking in the snow.
It was very romantic and came back and slept until 6 a.m.
Oh, for breakfast, I took picture of their breakfast at the hotel.
So, they have two different types of meats, three different types of cheeses, cheese, olives,
different types of fruits, bread. Oh, the fresh bread. Their bread is so fresh. It's ridiculous.
It's like crispy and crunchy and soft inside and it's perfect.
And there's butter, there's juices, there's coffee, there's espresso, there's all kinds of stuff.
And I'm like, now this is breakfast because it's healthy, it's nutritious,
unlike in America, which why explains why in Iceland everybody's so fit, which they are actually,
because they're so into health and they don't eat a lot.
And if they do eat a lot, it's very nutritious.
Like, I ate a lot, probably I ate a lot twice a day or sometimes once a day,
but it was all really good food and I walked a lot and everybody walks a lot.
They still drive cars, but I haven't seen a lot of fat people.
So, it's like, you know, it's a good country where people are skinny, I guess.
Well, okay, okay, sometimes in India, there's a lot of skinny people,
but the country is poor on some parts of it, some parts of it.
So, and then again, everything comes in a comparison.
So, but the main thing is they eat nutritious food and everybody is very into being healthy.
So, so then left the hotel.
I, every day I probably drove at least for four hours, I would say.
So, stayed in a bunch of guest houses, which is like a hostel.
But you are alone in the room, but you have shared bathroom and kitchen and living room area.
And I don't remember a lot of people staying in guest houses because it's,
the season is just beginning.
Like, most of the people, they travel in summer.
So, yeah, so I drove to the south, saw a couple of waterfalls and they have biggest waterfalls.
Like, I've seen waterfalls before and a lot of them, the waterfalls previously I saw,
like, I remember one of the prettiest waterfalls was in Canada.
And ever since then, every waterfall comes in comparison.
But there is one in which you can walk behind it.
Unfortunately, the area was closed.
Just my luck, but that's okay.
And, oh my God, so many influencers.
It's ridiculous.
I remember, like, there was this Asian girl and her friends were taking pictures of her.
And she was like, oh no, ew, I look ugly.
What the hell?
Do it again.
And I'm like, I would never talk to my friends like that.
Like, what kind of friend is she that talks like that?
But anyways, freaking influencers.
Hate them.
I like to say I'm a travel influencer because I influence people to travel more.
But that's it.
And yeah, but I don't take, like, you know, influencer type of pictures.
I just take normal pictures, move on with my day.
I'm not gonna spend 30 minutes taking one picture.
That's just wasting my time, so.
This is what I think of influencers.
Yeah, so a couple of waterfalls.
So really cool horses.
I call them emo horses because their hair is covering their eyes.
But they're so nice.
One of them tried to eat my jacket, which I found funny.
I think that horse pooped before because my jacket smelled like shit after he tried to eat it.
So that's okay.
They were very nice horses and ponies.
And I had so much fun petting them and taking pictures with them on the way.
And they were just like, I mean, they belong to somebody on the farm.
There's like lots of farms in Iceland because it's such a huge area.
So I took pictures with the horses and moved on with my day.
And I'm gonna tell you about what happens next in the next video, in the next podcast.
So thank you so much for tuning in today.
And I will talk to you guys next time.