Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.08.2016, Síða 4

Your Letters
This
Issue's
Winners
Dear Grapevine,
Like many people I have a bit of a
crush on Iceland and all thing Ice-
landic. It turns out that the people
are great too.
In early June I met a lovely lady
called Elsa (I hope that is how you
spell it) from Egilsstaðir. After a
fabulous few days in the sunny East
Fjords I realised I had left my wallet
of cash and credit cards in the gas
station in Egilsstaðir when return-
ing the hire car. With 30 minutes
to go before my flight to Reykjavík
and anticipating a whole host of
problems in my final few days —pay-
ing hotels, transport, food—I rang
the credit card company and, lo and
behold, the lovely Elsa had found my
wallet and rung both credit cards to
report it. As if that was not enough,
she then drove to the airport in a
small red car to bring it to me.
What a star! It was so kind and made
such a lot of difference to the rest of
my stay. There are very few places
in the world that this would happen
and I am privileged to have visited
one of them.
It all happened so quickly that I
didn’t have even time to thank her
properly.
I’d like to thank Elsa and everyone
else who has reached out to clueless
tourists with similar gestures.
Yvonne
Dear Yvonne,
These are the kinds of stories about
tourism that we love to hear, rather
than those stories about tourists
bathing in car washes or pooping on
the side of the road. Only in small-
town Iceland could such a miracle of
luck have happened!
We’re so happy you had such a great
time on our friendly little island. Ice-
land has a bit of a crush on you too.
Grapevine
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 12 — 2016
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