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Icelandic Sages, Volume 1, Episode 3

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The very next day after Snaefellsnes I went on the second of my booked tours, the Golden Circle and Green Energy tour. This was also the day of the Iceland – Austria match, a match I managed to see the tail end of at the big square in Reykjavik along with the locals who hadn’t swarmed to France. It was a special moment for sure, but I’m getting ahead of myself once again – this is starting to become a habit.

The Golden Circle is the most popular region/route near Reykjavik and it shows. Unlike Snaefellsnes there is no shortage or rest stops, restaurants and any other facility you might need. Despite it being so commercialized though this is not a place you want to miss. There are many tours and organizations that do the Golden Circle, with many that offer optional packages as well.

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Icelandic Sagas, Volume 1, Episode 2

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Last time on Dragonball Z: I talked about arriving in Iceland and staying in Reykjavik. While Reykjavik is a very nice city it’s not what springs to mind when you think of Iceland. That honor is reserved for the country’s natural splendors (at least for me) and trust me, Iceland has plenty of that.

Since I had chosen to base myself out of Reykjavik for the whole of my stay I was limited to doing daytrips to the surrounding areas. I decided on the following three early on:

  • Snaefellsnes (Reykjavik Excursions)
  • Golden Circle and Green Energy (Sterna Travel)
  • Beautiful South Coast (Sterna Travel)

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Icelandic Sagas, Volume 1, Episode 1

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As I write this I am sitting here in the plane on route to Toronto (and as I post this I’ve already been in Canada for a few days, c’est la vie), after less than three hours of sleep last night (and I use that term lightly as this time of year the sun doesn’t go down, it just dips to the horizon before rising again) feeling excited to go somewhere new, sad to leave Iceland and, of course, tired as hell. I am looking back at my first week abroad pretty contently.

Iceland was great fun. The TLDR / cliffnotes version: the hostel I stayed at was really good, I had good roommates, the weather shifted all the time but was never really bad and the nature of this vulcanic little island was breathtaking.

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Warcraft: The Beginning – Review

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So I saw Warcraft: The Beginning yesterday on the first day of my vacation. And after sleeping on it for a night I’m ready to review the movie and to answer the most important question: is the movie any good?

Well, yes, it is.

It is actually a good movie, not a great movie (but then, what movie is?), but it’s a good one. You’ll get more mileage out of it if you’re a fan of the Warcraft games/setting, but even if you’re not it’s a good fantasy film.

Now let’s get into the meat of this. Unlike my review of Batman V Superman this time the review is spoiler free. And while I may gripe on some things I do recommend seeing this movie if you like Warcraft or fantasy movies, because I had a good time watching it and if you like either Warcraft or fantasy you’re in a good place.

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Batman V Superman – Review

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This movie has been getting quite a lot of bad buzz in the media and reviews I’ve seen online. But you know what? I had a great time watching this movie. I thought it was very enjoyable. It didn’t live up to the hype (but then again, what does?) and it’s not God’s gift to cinema. It isn’t even God’s gift to superhero movies. That honor clearly goes to Batman and Robin…kidding, no honors go to that travesty of a movie.

What comes next contains spoilers, as I’ll go into some of the things I really like and some of the things I didn’t like at all.

You have been warned.

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