Nova Scotia Comes Alive in 2011!

Save Iceland: Travel There

In 1994 I went to Iceland to perform in a club. You see I was a piano player and was laid off my job so went there for two months. It was quite an experience. A few years later I represented Regal Tours at the IcelandAir’s Mid-Atlantic Conference in Reykjavik. Thirteen countries were represented we bold ones from Nova Scotia threw the best party, out at the Blue Lagoon featuring lobster rolls and Keith’s beer.

Iceland was a tourism power back then. Icelandair was ranked as one of the best airlines in the world, sending aircraft out to thirteen countries from a country of barely 300,000 people total. The BlueLagoon created tremendous geothermal-electric power and the city of Reykjavik was heated by geothermal springs.

Just a few months ago it was reported that Iceland was broke. Property values are falling and people are losing their homes and jobs. This is catastrophic because, for the first time since 1875 – which saw 1,200 people leave from Iceland to Gimli, Manitoba after volcanic eruptions of the Dyngja Mountains had ruined 6,474.5 square kilometres (2,500 square miles) of land – are such a large number Icelanders considering leaving for other countries.

How can we help? Well, you and can travel there and boost their tourism season. Travel groups are offering great sales to come to the beautiful little island. For more information go to Iceland Tourism.

The outdoors is amazing: glaciers, icecaps, hot springs everywhere, amazing wildlife, fishing, great night  life. etc.