AH Northern Lights Reykjavik trip - **7th - 10th February 2013** \o/

Ficheall

Right, who's in? And when are we going?
Bags/dibs/nigs/pegs not organising it :P

I nominate whoopsadaisydoodles as organiser

Edited to add the following:

So the deal: Poll is multiple choice. Please choose all dates you are able to attend. If you want your vote to count, and you haven't done so already, pm me (whoopsadaisydoodles) to confirm your interest. If we have a clear winner, that will be the date that I get confirmed pricing for. If we have a tie, I will
put up another poll to choose the preferred date. I'll leave the first poll open for five days or until everyone who has pm'd me has voted - whichever comes first.

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm going to go with a multi-choice pole. Simple reason being that if 10 people can go any date in January but all choose different dates, it dilutes those votes, and if three people vote for xmas/ny it will win. If you get what I'm trying to say.

So pick all the dates you can go, and then we'll go with the highest. That ok?

I'm making the poll public, and I'm going to count the people who have pm'd me a genuine interest in going to choose the date - that fair?

Edit: Oh, and then if five dates all win, we'll throw up another one choice poll to see when people would prefer

mikom

Not a mum.......... so I can't go.

Schism

The shop or the country?

If it's the shop, sure I'll carry four in the car myself. If it's the country it might need some more planning.

Nothingbetter2d

Ficheall wrote: »

Right, who's in? And when are we going?
Bags/dibs/nigs/pegs not organising it :P

I nominate whoopsydaisydoodles as organiser - she's just too modest to start the thread herself, I reckon...

i prefer shopping at aldi :D

Merkin

Is that stinking chav Kerry Katona still doing the ads for it?

sbsquarepants

Count me out, it's far too dangerous.
There's an unacceptably high risk of running into kerry katona or that mad bird from the x factor.
No, no, no:mad:

biko

Pick me up some milk and frozen peas will ya?

Dunny

Tesco loyal

ballsymchugh

can get a 6 pack of purple snacks there for a quid. class shop!

Ficheall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZUkZHAq1Vk

ooooh, can we get those lil mini cheescakes, they look awesome.

But seriously. I'm in. But I am so not doing the organising.

Yeh, slight thread title fail there dude. Change it to northern lights And spell my name right the next time :cool:

rainbowtrout

21st - 24th February

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Count me out, it's far too dangerous.
There's an unacceptably high risk of running into kerry katona or that mad bird from the x factor.
No, no, no:mad:

A bigger risk than volcanoes???

westendgirlie

I'm confused. Are we going to see the northern lights at the iceland frozen pizza section or desserts section?

Please say dessert section as I love their baked alaska

Nothingbetter2d

westendgirlie wrote: »

I'm confused. Are we going to see the northern lights at the iceland frozen pizza section or desserts section?

Please say dessert section as I love their baked alaska

no it's at the detergent section.... can't be having ye ladies fattening yourselves up on junk food

westendgirlie

westendgirlie wrote: »

Please say dessert section as I love their baked alaska

No no no. We're not going to Alaska. Iceland, we're going to Iceland. Keep up.

The Master

21st - 24th February

Here you go

approx €590 per person for 4 days 3 Nights to see the Northern lights

Who's in?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Bring plenty of cash, Reykjavik is notoriously expensive, restaurants and bars especially.

The Master

The Master wrote: »

Who's in?

As long as it's the far side of *that day we're not allowed to mention til November* then I'm in

All my holidays for 2012 are accounted for unfortunately.

westendgirlie

The Master wrote: »

Here you go

approx €590 per person for 4 days 3 Nights to see the Northern lights

Who's in?

Hold up. I have to pay to spend time with you lot? In the flesh? :eek::eek::eek:

Tabnabs

Will there be free Willy whale meat on the menu??

westendgirlie

westendgirlie wrote: »

Hold up. I have to pay to spend time with you lot? In the flesh? :eek::eek::eek:

Jeeze, when you put it like that....

Who's idea was this again?

Ficheall

I'm in.
What's happening in November?
I presume the closer it is to Christmas the better the chance of seeing the lights, aye?

westendgirlie wrote: »

Hold up. I have to pay to spend time with you lot? In the flesh? :eek::eek::eek:

I'm very cheap.

My name is URL

Can we not just cook some steamed hams instead?

westendgirlie

Ficheall wrote: »

I'm very cheap.

So i've heard :pac:

Ficheall

Ficheall wrote: »

I'm in.
What's happening in November?I presume the closer it is to Christmas the better the chance of seeing the lights, aye?

:pac:

We're not allowed mention the C word (no, the other C word) til November. Thems the rules.

biko

Beautiful iceland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZa4ZSNSg_E

RATM

The Master wrote: »

Here you go

approx €590 per person for 4 days 3 Nights to see the Northern lights

Who's in?

Might be possible to do it cheaper than that. www.icelandexpress.com are a budget airline, they send me offers and sales all the time. Only the other day they had a sale on for flights in Autumn, return from Stansted worked out at €180. All you'd need then it to tack on a Dublin-Stansted return with Ryanair and you'd get there and back for €230.

All you need to do to see the northern lights is to get away from the city center at night, even 20km out of Reikavik should do it.

I might be up for this as have always wanted to go to Iceland. Wouldn't mind renting a car and going to see Gulfoss Waterfall and the Blue Lagoon, both of them aren't that far outside the capital and if you stayed out in a B&B near either then you'd likely see the Northern Lights at night time as a matter of course.

Also Iceland has gotten slightly cheaper than it used to be since their economy went kaboom so now is a good time to go before the return of their €6 pints :pac:

Ficheall

That looks amazing. I don't think four days is enough.
And yon naked lass has a lovely arse.

shopaholic01

If people want to send me the money I'll be happy to arrange it. Don't let the username put you off ..........I'm very trustworthy with money.........honestly.


Really, I am

Nothingbetter2d

shopaholic01 wrote: »

If people want to send me the money I'll be happy to arrange it. Don't let the username put you off ..........I'm very trustworthy with money.........honestly.


Really, I am

His royal highness of nigeria is that you?

cocoshovel

I only travel on my own.........:mad:

WindSock

*runs puffing into thread

Hey goys. Don't leave without meee.

Yeah I am very interdested to go there. And see them.

WindSock

WindSock wrote: »

*runs puffing into thread

Hey goys. Don't leave without meee.

Yeah I am very interdested to go there. And see them.

\o/

I'm just letting people know right now, that if ye're all just having some "haha, lets pretend we're going to Iceland" thread, and then pointing and laughing at me when I'm crying in the corner. I'm not going to he happy. Not happy at all.

Glad that's cleared up.

So. When we going? I vote immediately after New Year.

rainbowtrout

21st - 24th February

RATM wrote: »

Might be possible to do it cheaper than that. www.icelandexpress.com are a budget airline, they send me offers and sales all the time. Only the other day they had a sale on for flights in Autumn, return from Stansted worked out at €180. All you'd need then it to tack on a Dublin-Stansted return with Ryanair and you'd get there and back for €230.

All you need to do to see the northern lights is to get away from the city center at night, even 20km out of Reikavik should do it.

I might be up for this as have always wanted to go to Iceland. Wouldn't mind renting a car and going to see Gulfoss Waterfall and the Blue Lagoon, both of them aren't that far outside the capital and if you stayed out in a B&B near either then you'd likely see the Northern Lights at night time as a matter of course.

Also Iceland has gotten slightly cheaper than it used to be since their economy went kaboom so now is a good time to go before the return of their €6 pints :pac:

I went there in 2007 before the arse fell out of their economy, and did a week for about €1000, flights with Ryanair/Iceland Express, rented a car (was there with a friend) and saw all of those sights, and a few more. Was this time 5 years ago so we had daytime round the clock.

Jokulsarlon ice lagoon worth a visit in the east of the country.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3577/3320266701_b71a3673c4.jpg

Ficheall

Immediately after New Year is cool with me. That should give enough time to get a basic understanding of the language too.
I notice the link RATM gave only goes as far as August - I presume that's poor website design as opposed to it being indicative of the service operating only during the summer months, já?

Oh aye - January will mean it's dark pretty much all day long... hmm...

Ficheall

Ficheall wrote: »

Oh aye - January will mean it's dark pretty much all day long... hmm...

Well that means it's night time all day long. Which means we should be in the pub.

And language, really? Ok cool, I'm sticking with you then. Mine's a pint

Chuck Stone

I want Teddy Tedson to go because he's a-scared of flying.

Chuck Stone

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I want Teddy Tedson to go because he's a-scared of flying.

I'm not that fond of it myself. Someone will have to hold my hand at take off

Where To

14th - 17th February

I can see the Northern Lights from my front window (not right now obviously) and there are neither coke nor hookers in Iceland.

Only for that I would really go too, honestly.

Ficheall

Deleted User wrote: »

Well that means it's night time all day long. Which means we should be in the pub.

And language, really? Ok cool, I'm sticking with you then. Mine's a pint

I've no intention of spending my Icelandic sojourn in a pub!
And I doubt I'll have any useful Icelandic phrases, though one never knows what sort of situation one might fight oneself in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvW0ciqHzAs

The_B_Man

Good idea! Going to an AH beers in town is too much hassle, but an AH trip to Iceland sounds spot on!

Sauve

I'm absolutely up for it too.
As long as it's in the new year.
Cept now it's gonna be a 'vodkas' instead of a 'beers' :cool:

Ficheall

Ficheall wrote: »

I've no intention of spending my Icelandic sojourn

Well that's fair enough. I do agree to be fair.

But I'm having beer in the airport. That's the law.

mauzo

Are we going on a boards holiday?

I am including myself....We can pretend I got a pm inviting me if that makes you feel better!

Im afraid of flying so will need to be baloobas to get on the plane, and wear 2 bras in case of turbulence

Meauldsegosha

24th - 27th January

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not that fond of it myself. Someone will have to hold my hand at take off

If I promise to hold your hand whoopsadaisydoodles can I come??:)

Seaneh

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Bring plenty of cash, Reykjavik is notoriously expensive, restaurants and bars especially.

A few years ago, yes, now, not so much, their currency is still devalued against the euro to help exports.

It's not cheap, but it's not Olso either.

syndeyfife

syndeyfife wrote: »

Are we going on a boards holiday?

I am including myself....We can pretend I got a pm inviting me if that makes you feel better!

There were no pms! The thread is the invitation!

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

If I promise to hold your hand whoopsadaisydoodles can I come??:)

You can but it looks like sydney needs her hand held too

Ficheall

Deleted User wrote: »

You can but it looks like sydney needs her hand held too

And her boobs, by the sounds of it.
I'm willing to lend a hand, if necessary.

1ZRed

My dad doesn't know what the northern lights are!
He thinks its when there is light from the sun still in the north - you know at the peak of the summer solstice and there's always a bit of light to the north.

Anyway I've shown him pictures on my phone and and how it gives off different colours but no. He still just doesn't get it.
F/cking dumbass or what:rolleyes:

mauzo

Ficheall wrote: »

And her boobs, by the sounds of it.
I'm willing to lend a hand, if necessary.

You'll definitely need to lend both then!

Ficheall

Fiiiiiine...... :rolleyes: