I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 802. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

waterfalls and glaciers and a geyser, diamond beach, ice caves, and an unpronounceable volcano as we go to Southern Iceland.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Iceland. I'd like to welcome the show Frederick Pauldédic Paulson, who is a hotel you're in the southern coast of Iceland

and has come to talk to us about why we should go to Iceland.

Frédé welcome to the show.

Thank you for inviting me.

And what is your connection with Iceland?

I am born here.

I'm born in the north of Iceland actually,

and my father was a farmer and the whole family was in farming.

At that time it was quite common to have many kids, so I'm one of seven.

I was raised, I always say, by my four older sisters so that's why I am so depressed.

Okay and we're talking about a South Iceland itinerary today and why should someone go to South Iceland?

I would probably have to use the whole day to try to explain everything, but the Americans, they mostly come for a week five days seven days and you can easily

split Iceland into several areas for that reason. South, South and South West Iceland is more

less open all year. It's to say that it's very seldom we have any problems with

the roads or anything like that can be occasionally but most people who come to our area

they fly into Keflavik of course that's the only airport in the international airport in the southwest corner and they rent a car most of them.

Quite many though, especially if you're traveling together with your family or some friends,

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