My first time in ICELAND

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A big dream of my friend and me has always been to travel to Iceland and make a road trip. Our trip started on February 23rd. We went from Turku to Helsinki by bus. From there we got a ticket for the train (4,20€)  and then we took the train to the airport in Helsinki.  We flew with Icelandair and it took about 3.5 hours. Even the view from the plane was fascinating. Our flight cost us about 200€ but we already booked the tickets last year. We also rented a car from the company Payless for about 150€. After we landed we got into a shuttle and in less than 5 minutes we were at the pick-up point of the car. It was nothing special only a small kia picanto with just 70 hp. But the car was completely sufficient because you are not allowed to drive faster than 90 km/h. Especially in winter when the roads are covered with snow or even frozen you cannot drive faster anyway. Our first stop was Reykjavik, the 8th most expensive city in the world. For comparison: a normal pack of eggs costs 8€, the cheapest cheese was 7€ and a piece of cake in this shop cost 23€.


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