Iceland

What I know about Iceland:

• It's greener than Greenland
• there's thermal springs and volcanoes and stuff
• their banking industry went tits up recently
• It's home to the lovely Björk and popular beat-combo Sigur Rós
• Alcohol's really expensive, like a tenner for a beer or something

So, you can see I don't really know anything about Iceland. I've always thought it'd be a great place to go but I never thought it'd ever happen. Living in Scotland and being skint, it's hard to think about spending money to go somewhere that's even colder and windier than it is here. When it comes to holiday destinations I think most Scots are drawn like moths to the heat and light of the Mediterranean.

Getting to travel to Iceland is a great opportunity and we're going to try and make the most of it. In the couple of weeks between now and when we go, we're going to try and learn a bit about Iceland and Icelandic people and culture and then when we're there we're going to try and take in as much of it as we can.

And then of course on top of that we get a "private concert" with Ólöf Arnalds! More about that later...

Here's a nice slide-show of photographs of Iceland (thanks to YouTube user Extolement).