First, what’s up with all of Icelandair’s planes loading and unloading off-stand? We were lucky both times this trip – it hasn’t been raining – but seriously?  The terminal is under construction but it seems up-and-comer WOW Air is getting all the prime real-estate.

Anyway, unloaded into a bus and shuttled to the verminal and baggage claim. No Customs clearance coming in from Sweden- just grab your bags and go. Since I’d pre-ordered our bus tickets we went directly outside to the queue. Fortunately it wasn’t raining because it was L-O-N-G.  For a company who does nothing but move people around Reykjavik, they’re pretty disorganized.  When we boarded we were given color-coded vouchers for our transfer – this is new. We were hopeful that the shitshow that is the BSI bus station would be minimized by this new found organization.

Um, no.  So, you know you have 3 buses coming within 10 minutes of each other, all loaded with 75+ people each … AND you know exactly where you’re transferring them to and how many thanks to these things called reservations. Oh, and computers. How hard is this? Why does it seem like the first time, every time?

Finally made it to the apartment and picked up keys from our host.  Officially arrived!

Met up with Tristen and Andy who flew in from the US this morning.

Pizza was consumed.

Then off to Lucky to see our friends and see a few shows to warm up to the festival. Epic Rain was on at 8pm and we’re always interested to see what Johannes is up to. His vocal style is very distinctive but what he’s doing musically is always a surprise.  Harp? Yes. Standup bass? Yes. Glockenspiel? Sure, why not! 🙂