Iceland Day 1: On Our Way to Iceland!

WHY THE HECK ICELAND?
That's a great question. Iceland hadn't been added to our bucket list until recently. We hadn't been to Europe since Croatia and I was ready for somethings closer than Tanzania or Cambodia. A friend of ours, who happens to be an extraordinary photographer, went a few months ago. We saw her at a wedding in December and by the end of breakfast she had me convinced. Three months later...

FLIGHTS
When I found round trip tickets from Boston to Iceland for $300 we bought them immediately. How could we not? We flew American from CLT to Boston and then WOW for our super cheap flight. I was a tad terrified after my Africa passport fiasco. We made sure to fill out the APIS forms and got all the passport info uploaded ahead of our flights. The hardest part was actually the CLT airport. I have never seen it that crazy. Luckily, we had taken an Uber and all have TSA Precheck. Otherwise it was a 75 min wait for security. Checking a bag was still an adventure to even find the priority area. But the flight was fine. We planned a long layover in Boston to be safe. And at 7pm our family of four boarded a plane of twenty somethings heading out for spring break. We might have been the oldest passengers.

For anyone wondering about Wow, they were fine. You have to pay for everything. Checked bags, upgrading the carry on to a normal size, snacks, water, an iPad to watch movies. Everything. However, even with baggage we saved a LOT. New plane. Seats were tight but we slept the whole time.

SETTING OFF
We landed about 4:15 and were quickly through with our bags. Our car company was supposed to be waiting but I had to email. All was forgiven when they delivered us to their office that felt more like a lounge or the lobby to s trendy hotel. Our Defender was brought up and we were quickly on our way. Blue Car Rental is who we used. If we were to do it over, we would have just walked vs pay for the pickup. We were worried about arriving so early. It was literally a 3 min walk.