Dreaming of Travel: Iceland

In the first installment of this series that combines my love for travel and geography, I wrote about a few of the attractions Italy has to offer. This time we head roughly 2,500 miles to the Northwest to Iceland, per the votes I received from the last blog.

Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a comprehensive travel guide, just me expressing my thoughts on a country I wish to travel to in an entertaining but succinct way. The goal is for you and I to visualize ourselves visiting this country.

Welcome to Iceland

Iceland is located in the Northwestern Europe in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Greenland and northwest of the British Isles and further eastern Norway. Its Nordic heritage and linguistic similarities gives it links to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, the five nations commonly grouped as the region of Scandinavia. With a population of just over 350,000, it is less populous than U.S. cities such as Wichita, Bakersfield, and Cleveland. The large majority of Icelandic people live in the greater Reykjavik area, the Northernmost national capital of the world. Once in the shadows relying on fishing and other similar industries to power its economy, its contributions to music and high quality of living have attracted interest and tourists, along with its natural beauty.

Iceland has long been isolated from the rest of Europe, as well as the world. Their unique geographic position as well as other unique qualities from their landscape to their culture inspires curiosity, particularly in…