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Sounds like a good change! It would be fun to see an Ice Bar sometime, but not at the expense of seeing something better.
There were other things in that excursion, don't get me wrong, but the 4 miles of walking...I hadn't caught that...and since the time we were on the excursion wasn't that long, it was either very fast-paced walking or we didn't get to stop for very long anywhere...
I think we will be happy though!
We are on the adults only Oslo Highlight Tour Too!!!
We started to change to this but instead went with the Open Air Museum, Vigeland Park And Holmenkollen. According to the descriptions, we are going to all be in the same area...Vigeland Park and Holmenkollen are on both, but we aren't going to the ship museum, I think.
So just a teeny bit of progress....
found out there is a money exchange not too far from my office. They have Canadian money all the time, and can have Denmark and Norway cash ordered...and if I go in before 3:30 PM they will have it by the next day! The perks of working in DC, I guess. I can also go to our mall, Union Station and the airport.
But the funny thing...they don't carry Icelandic currency, and will not order it because their currency is very volatile. So out of curiosity, I called Union Station and DCA (even though we fly out of IAD (Dulles) DCA is on the metro line and I could easily scoot up there) They all stated they do not carry Icelandic Kroner because of the volatility. Time to poke the Sulley and get him to set up the pin on our chipped credit card so we can use an ATM....though I did read that most Icelanders use credit cards/debit cards for even small purchases. I just feel silly.
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So just a teeny bit of progress....
found out there is a money exchange not too far from my office. They have Canadian money all the time, and can have Denmark and Norway cash ordered...and if I go in before 3:30 PM they will have it by the next day! The perks of working in DC, I guess. I can also go to our mall, Union Station and the airport.
But the funny thing...they don't carry Icelandic currency, and will not order it because their currency is very volatile. So out of curiosity, I called Union Station and DCA (even though we fly out of IAD (Dulles) DCA is on the metro line and I could easily scoot up there) They all stated they do not carry Icelandic Kroner because of the volatility. Time to poke the Sulley and get him to set up the pin on our chipped credit card so we can use an ATM....though I did read that most Icelanders use credit cards/debit cards for even small purchases. I just feel silly.
Wow, all very interesting - I wonder if that's anything to do with the crash a few years ago, as there were issues with a number of the Icelandic banks. Maybe that's still having an impact?
Wow, all very interesting - I wonder if that's anything to do with the crash a few years ago, as there were issues with a number of the Icelandic banks. Maybe that's still having an impact?
I think so. After talking to Dave about it, I googled it and got a page where someone asked basically the same question...and it was from 2009
But how would you tip an excursion leader if you don't have cash
I think so. After talking to Dave about it, I googled it and got a page where someone asked basically the same question...and it was from 2009
But how would you tip an excursion leader if you don't have cash
Maybe they don't expect it? I don't know about Iceland, but in Japan, tipping is seen as offensive, as they expect it's natural to deliver first class service and they shouldn't need anything in return for doing that.
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I didn't know that about Icelandic currency. It's true, though, that you generally don't tip in Iceland or the other Scandinavian countries. I don't think they'll think it's rude, because they know it's our custom, but they're proud of having a system that pays people decent wages and, unlike here, they do not NEED the tips to make a living wage.
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The perks of working in DC, I guess. I can also go to our mall, Union Station and the airport.
You might look sillier with Kroners! 
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