We are at the airport having woken up at a stupid time to get here (it's 4:00 am, I've been up since 10pm last night). Now, we say goodbye to Iceland and hello to Ireland. I figure now is as good a chance as any to wrap up Iceland.

Random things we learned:

- Almost everyone speaks English

- You can get by using credit card everywhere

- Buses are the only public transportation in Iceland

- 3/4ths of Iceland's population lives in Reykjavik

- Most homes are heated by geothermal energy

- The drinking water is some of the cleanest in the world (it's all glacier water)

- Iceland is ridiculously safe - they are down to 2 murders a year

- Iceland is ridiculously expensive. It's currently the world's most expensive place to travel.

- Locals don't eat at restaurants because of the crazy prices

- School and healthcare are nearly free here for citizens

- For half the year all of the inner roads are too dangerous to drive, only the outer roads are accessible.

- It takes up to 100 years for the moss to regrow if damaged

- There is only one animal native to Iceland - the Arctic fox

- The horses here have a unique gait they developed that allows them to cross the crazy terrain (you can hold a filled glass of water)

- You would be surprised how difficult it is to ascertain what a business is when you can't read islandic...

- The drivers in the city don't like to slow down for pedestrians

- All drivers seem to like to ride the bumper of the car in front of them

- Iceland is a largely wifi connected country (nearly everywhere we went had access)

- The hotdog stands in the city center are probably the cheapest food you can buy while you are here.

- Prohibition was in effect up until 1989

- Most of the locals don't eat whale or shark

- The blue lagoon was created as a run off for the local geothermal power plant

- The blue lagoon water is cycled every 40 hours.

- If you have multiple devices needing charging, bring multiple universal adapters (or a dual charging USB plug)

- If you have the choice between tour buses, get the one that has a phone charger in your seat (they all have wifi).

- Destination blue lagoon buses are the nicest out of all the ones we've tried so far (booked through the blue lagoon website)

- Warm socks are very much needed for boat tours

- Bonus is the Aldi equivalent (decent selection and the best prices).

- When buying food at bonus, you put the hand basket on the end of the conveyor belt and unload it. They don't seem to like it when you do this on the belt in front of the person (oops?)

- Nearly every tour bus we booked already had our name on a sheet of paper when we walked up and didn't need to see our voucher.

- If you are within the downtown area it's worth it to find a place to stay that's near the closest bus stop.

- Isey Skyr yogurt is quite yummy.

- You can survive in 3 degree water for 6-8 minutes

- There are no mosquitoes here

- They don't have an army

- WW2 soldiers from the US started an economic boom here

- The volcano eruption in 2010 dramatically increased tourism to Iceland

- You can get a free voucher that's good for 2 years if you don't see a whale on your whale tour

- The islandic language strings together multiple words together to form their mountain names (as well as other locations)

- The citizens pay 40% tax which is why they get free healthcare/schooling

- The hotdogs have lamb in it

- Hallgrímskirkja free, but you have to pay to go to the roof.

- Bus stop 1 at the city hall seems to be the first stop for most of the pickups in the city (so if that's near your hotel you will be picked up in the early part of your window and seat first)

- There aren't a lot of railings or other safety items people from America might come to expect (one slip and it's over)

And with that, our week stay in Iceland is complete. Looking forward to cheap beer in Ireland!