Has Anyone Been To Reykjavik?

First topic message reminder :

Am thinking of going in February for 3 or 4 nights, anyone got any advice about hotels, places to visit etc? Have had a virtual drive-round on google maps and it looks like a giant suburb.

After the sterling work you have both performed in reinvigorating the Travel section, I think you should help out FOF on the Fishing section.

Flood control is active on this forum, please wait 15 second(s) before replying or posting. - bit annoying

Will have a look in a bit, sean, have posted on there before. Think it's a bit like fishing itself, sitting there all alone waiting for a tiny bit of action.

This one should tie.

AND THIS ONE FOR THE LEAD!

Job done.

I'm not even top 20

That's not good

I'll have to do something about it

I don't like being left out

Maybe I should put some travel tips on.

Except I haven't been to Reykjavik so it would be pretty pointless

Yes just jumped to 5th

Now 3rd

Catching you 2 up!

How'd you avoid the flood control warning?

I waited 15 seconds

Mastermind presenter Magnus Magnusson was born in Reykjavik.

He was born in Iceland but lived in Scotland for almost all of his life, although he never took British citizenship.

Did he start to take it but forgot to finish it?

The Womble wrote:I waited 15 seconds

Very crafty.

That I am!

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

seanmichaels wrote:Mastermind presenter Magnus Magnusson was born in Reykjavik.

He was born in Iceland but lived in Scotland for almost all of his life, although he never took British citizenship.

If he were born a girl his/her name would've been Agnes Magnusdóttir.

if i was Icelandic I would be Alex Davidsson

Galted wrote:16

I'm back. These really shouldn't count, Galted. They are offering nothing of value.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:16

I'm back.  These really shouldn't count, Galted.  They are offering nothing of value.

There hasn't really been much of value on this entire thread apart from Rowley's enchanting football anecdote so I'm quite happy to let it count.

The Womble wrote:

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

Maybe so, but I have just seen a girl wearing see through leggings in a sandwich shop.

I'll stick with my mental state at the moment, thanks.

You do work in a brothel. Or near one.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

Maybe so, but I have just seen a girl wearing see through leggings in a sandwich shop.  

I'll stick with my mental state at the moment, thanks.

What is this Top Trumps?

I was in my local shop buying a drink and got served by a girl wearing a white shirt and what was very clearly a black bra!

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London. Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted. I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad. Quite distressing actually.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

Maybe so, but I have just seen a girl wearing see through leggings in a sandwich shop.  

I'll stick with my mental state at the moment, thanks.

What is this Top Trumps?

I was in my local shop buying a drink and got served by a girl wearing a white shirt and what was very clearly a black bra!

What a fashion faux pas. She should have asked Galted for some tips.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

Where in London? If you're near to a Wrap-It-Up I would recommend their large chicken burrito (with aubergines instead of salsa) and a pot of blisteringly hot chilli sauce. £6.45 but if you keep a card every 10th one is free so works out at £5.81. Glorious.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

Maybe so, but I have just seen a girl wearing see through leggings in a sandwich shop.  

I'll stick with my mental state at the moment, thanks.

What is this Top Trumps?

I was in my local shop buying a drink and got served by a girl wearing a white shirt and what was very clearly a black bra!

What a fashion faux pas.  She should have asked Galted for some tips.

A black bra under a Gore-Tex jacket that's unzipped down to the belly-button and I could walk out with a bit of mayonnaise smeared on some polystyrene and not care.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

Where in London?  If you're near to a Wrap-It-Up I would recommend their large chicken burrito (with aubergines instead of salsa) and a pot of blisteringly hot chilli sauce.  £6.45 but if you keep a card every 10th one is free so works out at £5.81.  Glorious.

Hatton Garden. There is one on Leather Lane.

How hot is the blisteringly hot sauce?

I think the clue is in the name, Tina. It's only quite hot.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

Where in London?  If you're near to a Wrap-It-Up I would recommend their large chicken burrito (with aubergines instead of salsa) and a pot of blisteringly hot chilli sauce.  £6.45 but if you keep a card every 10th one is free so works out at £5.81.  Glorious.

Hatton Garden.  There is one on Leather Lane.

How hot is the blisteringly hot sauce?

The Diamond capital of the UK?

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

It's the tomato that I don't really like. I like tomatoes in lots of different ways but not in bread and especially not with egg.

It was alright though. I think I have a bit on the corner of my lip as I can see something in my peripheral vision but I am going to leave it.

superflyweight wrote:I think the clue is in the name, Tina.  It's only quite hot.    

You'd be interested if they deep fried it for you.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

Maybe so, but I have just seen a girl wearing see through leggings in a sandwich shop.  

I'll stick with my mental state at the moment, thanks.

What is this Top Trumps?

I was in my local shop buying a drink and got served by a girl wearing a white shirt and what was very clearly a black bra!

What a fashion faux pas.  She should have asked Galted for some tips.

Is it really though? Hear birds 'b1tching' about black brasall the time. I bloody love it and i think the 'wearer' often knows it.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

It's the tomato that I don't really like.  I like tomatoes in lots of different ways but not in bread and especially not with egg.

It was alright though.  I think I have a bit on the corner of my lip as I can see something in my peripheral vision but I am going to leave it.

I like tomatoes when they are cooked, or in things but not when they are just there in a salad. Eating a 'raw' tomato is not for me.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Think i've just overtaken Tino now.

Maybe so, but I have just seen a girl wearing see through leggings in a sandwich shop.  

I'll stick with my mental state at the moment, thanks.

What is this Top Trumps?

I was in my local shop buying a drink and got served by a girl wearing a white shirt and what was very clearly a black bra!

What a fashion faux pas.  She should have asked Galted for some tips.

Is it really though? Hear birds 'b1tching' about black brasall the time. I bloody love it and i think the 'wearer' often knows it.

Michaels, you beat me to it. I wasn't complaining at all. It was a nice sight and I am convinced she knew exactly what she was doing. The little minx.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

superflyweight wrote:I think the clue is in the name, Tina.  It's only quite hot.    

You'd be interested if they deep fried it for you.

I had deep fried cholesterol for breakfast this morning.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

Where in London?  If you're near to a Wrap-It-Up I would recommend their large chicken burrito (with aubergines instead of salsa) and a pot of blisteringly hot chilli sauce.  £6.45 but if you keep a card every 10th one is free so works out at £5.81.  Glorious.

Hatton Garden.  There is one on Leather Lane.

How hot is the blisteringly hot sauce?

F*****g hot.  It's good to pour droplets onto the burrito after each bite, gives it a serious amount of zing.  A Pakistani colleague of mine who lives on pretty spicy food once drank a pot (they're about shot-glass size) to prove that he wasn't gay and since then he gets hiccups as soon as he eats anything even moderately hot so it must've done some permanent damage.

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

It's the tomato that I don't really like.  I like tomatoes in lots of different ways but not in bread and especially not with egg.

It was alright though.  I think I have a bit on the corner of my lip as I can see something in my peripheral vision but I am going to leave it.

I like tomatoes when they are cooked, or in things but not when they are just there in a salad. Eating a 'raw' tomato is not for me.

I've got some tomatoes in my garden. Or I did have. They got little black spots on them so I threw most of them away. Apparently I over watered them.

Interesting stuff.

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

It's the tomato that I don't really like.  I like tomatoes in lots of different ways but not in bread and especially not with egg.

It was alright though.  I think I have a bit on the corner of my lip as I can see something in my peripheral vision but I am going to leave it.

I like tomatoes when they are cooked, or in things but not when they are just there in a salad. Eating a 'raw' tomato is not for me.

You're not prepping them right then. Obviously they need to be ripe but importantly they need to be at room temperature. I guess a sandwich shop would have them stuck in the refridgerated section.

When I go to the South of France there is nothing better than slicing a beef tomato up on a plate, tearing a bit of basil on to it and sprinkling a little balsamic. Leave it out in the sun for 10 minutes and bill's your father.

Galted wrote:  £6.45 but if you keep a card every 10th one is free so works out at £5.81.  Glorious.

Nearly six and half quid for a glorified sandwich! You crazy southerners. I can eat out for that.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

It's the tomato that I don't really like.  I like tomatoes in lots of different ways but not in bread and especially not with egg.

It was alright though.  I think I have a bit on the corner of my lip as I can see something in my peripheral vision but I am going to leave it.

I like tomatoes when they are cooked, or in things but not when they are just there in a salad. Eating a 'raw' tomato is not for me.

I've got some tomatoes in my garden.  Or I did have.  They got little black spots on them so I threw most of them away.  Apparently I over watered them.

Interesting stuff.

Thought you'd've left them for the arthropods.

It's illegal in Iceland to sell panties, boxers, thongs, and jock straps with the Icelandic flag on them apparently.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Or near one.

I work in London.  Of course I do.

I ordered the wrong thing because I was so distracted.  I wanted egg mayo in a bap but I order egg salad.  Quite distressing actually.

That is a bad mistake to make. I'd be gutted if I left with an egg salad.

It's the tomato that I don't really like.  I like tomatoes in lots of different ways but not in bread and especially not with egg.

It was alright though.  I think I have a bit on the corner of my lip as I can see something in my peripheral vision but I am going to leave it.

I like tomatoes when they are cooked, or in things but not when they are just there in a salad. Eating a 'raw' tomato is not for me.

I've got some tomatoes in my garden.  Or I did have.  They got little black spots on them so I threw most of them away.  Apparently I over watered them.

Interesting stuff.

I grew some once, not grown any for a few years now though. Maybe i'll try again next year.