Auntie Nanila's Top Travel Tip for Iceland

[nanila]

See this wonderful pastoral view, taken from a mountainside in Iceland in summer at sunset? See those sleek Icelandic horse silhouettes?

Well, if you want to experience and maintain an unblemished appreciation for this scene, then allow me to recommend the following. Do not, I repeat, do not park your hire car within a kilometre of these animals if you cannot see a fence between you and them. If you do, you can expect to return to your car, exhilarated after a couple of hours' hiking around the mountain whilst enveloped in the scent of wild thyme, to find that your hire car has gone from its relatively pristine condition to this, because Icelandic horses apparently have developed a taste for vehicle paint.



I now understand why Icelanders have no compunctions about eating horse.

Comments

[meloukhia]

That is extremely impressive. My Icelandic never did that! Maybe it's an in Iceland thing.

[nanila]

Maybe it's just that vehicle paint tastes better than Icelandic grass?!

[weaverbird]

Good grief!

That sunset shot is gorgeous, equine vandals notwithstanding. *g*

[nanila]

Thank you. I do wish they hadn't done that to our poor car, but fortunately we managed to put it out of our minds til the end of the holiday.

[yvi]

Oh wow... poor car ;)

But cure horsies!

[nanila]

It was badly scratched up. I don't know what the horses are eating, but it must taste pretty awful if vehicle paint is preferable!

[purplecthulhu]

This must be an equine equivalent of sniffing glue.

So the economic woes of Iceland have even infected the livestock!

[nanila]

Apparently they've also been giving tips to certain sectors of English society.

[purplecthulhu]

Indeed...

Hope you've been managing to stay away from the trouble!

I've achieved this by the useful trick of being away, observing in Hawaii!

[lurkingcat]

Gosh! That's a tough herd of horses then :)

At least the view is utterly gorgeous...

[nanila]

Yes, they would make excellent cavalry. Even against armoured vehicles. :P

It was delightful being able to smell thyme every time the wind blew.

[lark_ascends]

Oh, dear.

That first shot is phenomenal, though.

[nanila]

Well, it'll be resolved in a positive fashion. (I think/hope.)

Thank you!