Tesla Airport Taxi - Iceland

31/07/2024

Dear friends..

I have not been very efficient in asking people who have come with me on guide tours or airport tours to give a review of their experience...
and I have been realizing that it is, of course, better for people who are visiting my country and are wondering if they want to take a trip with me, to be able to see what other people's experiences have been...
It would be so nice if some of you could share the experience, good or bad.. so others can see....

Thanks in advance...❤️

31/07/2024

My friends since last year.. Annibal Murilla and his lovely mother, back to Iceland, and on there way to the next cruice.. 😁
So nice when my passengers come back..❤️

16/07/2024

Very busy summer, lots to do and not many posts lately... but...

Tesla Airport Taxi - Iceland was nevertheless recognized a few days ago as:

AUTHORIZED DAY TOUR PROVIDER
by the
ICELANDIC TOURIST BOARD

🥳

But what does that mean...?
Well.. for me.. Official permission from the authorities to book and sell tours up to 24 hours, which I actually had before as a taxi driver, .and a lot of paperwork and fees to pay to the government...😅
.But for you.. Now you are not only fully insured in the car, but also outside the car, when we go to see a waterfall, a hot spring, a lava field, a mountain or whatever we can think of to do... 👍

Good things going... 😉

Photos and infomations about Iceland and Tesla Aiport Taxi
So "Follow"and "Like".and stay tuned

15/07/2024

Almost four weeks since the longest day of the year here in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the sun is still high up at 11pm (it's higher then it looks though 😅)

18/06/2024

Yesterday, on June 17, the Icelandic nation celebrated its 80th anniversary as a republic..🇮🇸

On June 17, 1944, the Republic of Iceland 🇮🇸 was founded in Þingvellir in rainy and dreary weather, the same place where the parliament was founded in 930.

But 80 years later, the weather was much better with sun and a beautiful day, and the festival was celebrated all over the country.

The biggest celebrations were in the center of Reykjavík, where the Prime Minister gave a speech and "Fjallkonan" or the "Mountain Woman," who is the national symbol of Iceland, performed a poem.

A new woman takes on the role of Fjallkonan every year and addresses the nation like a mother addresses her children.

This time it was the actress Ebba Katrin Finnsdottir who played the role of the Fjallkonan, but she has made a breakthrough both on stage in the theater and on the screen.


Gleðilega Þjóðhátíð! 🎈🇮🇸 🎈
Happy national holiday! 🎈🇮🇸 🎈

photos from ruv.is and visir.is

15/06/2024

With Celebrity Silhouette – I just got recognized as one of their rising fans! 🎉

09/06/2024

The annual "Color Run" was held for the ninth time in Iceland yesterday.

The race is 5 km, and after every km the runners run through a "color zone" where color bombs are thrown over the runners in different colors, red, blue, yellow, pink and green.

About 5,000 people took part in the race this year, which started in Phenix, USA in 2012 and was first held here in 2015.

As the runners crossed the finish line looking like rainbows, the party continued as the country's hottest pop star Prettyboytjokko kept everyone pumped up, and color bombs exploded every 10 minutes making everyone even more colorful..

photos from color run iceland and ruv.is
The color bombs are made from corn starch and are therefore environmentally friendly, non-hazardous and do not damage anything.

08/06/2024

HUH!

A little bragging...

Yesterday, an international friendly football match took place at the Wembley Stadium in London between the Icelandic national team and the English team, where the Icelanders were considered unlikely to make big speeches, with only a small fraction of supporters in a packed crowd, and England at home on the way to the European Championship tournament..

This was England's last game for the EC in Germany, and the national team of Iceland, destroyed the farewell.

Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson scored the only goal of the game in the 12th minute, in a 1-0 victory.

The English fans booed a lot at the end, and the farewell party was not a happy one for them, but the Icelandic fans cheered enthusiastically, as it's not every day that the Icelandic team wins against England, but it was a pleasant repetition of Iceland's 2-1 victory over England at the World Cup in Nice in 2016!

HUH!

photos from mbl.is and visir.is

06/06/2024

June, the first month of summer in Iceland, started rather strangely in the north and east this year, as at the beginning of this week, bad weather hit with strong wind and snow storms, where the total snow in one day has been 20–40 cm and in some places piled up in a 2-meter section.

Mountain roads have been closed for days, cars have gone off the road, and many people are stuck here and there...

Trucks have not been able to get between the north and the east since Monday, and goods are piling up. Many travelers are either stranded or have given up on the ring road.

However, the greatest concern is over the vegetation, birdlife, and livestock that were out of the houses after the winter.

It's not unheard of for this to happen in June, but what's unusual is that it lasts for so many days...

At the same time, the lupine is starting to burst out in the southwest corner.




photos from mbl.is and ruv.is

04/06/2024

Last Saturday, the Icelandic people elected a new president.

This time there were 12 candidates, 6 men and 6 women.
The candidate who won the election by far with 34% of the votes, was a 55-year-old woman, Halla Tomasdottir, and she thereby defeated, among others, the former Prime Minister of Iceland and the former mayor of Reykjavik.

Halla Tomasdottir has a business degree from Auburn University of Alabama.
She contributed to the development of the University of Reykjavík and was the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce for a while, but resigned her work there, to participate in the establishment of the financial company, Auður Capital.

She ran for president eight years ago and then came in second after Gudni Th. Johannesson, the outgoing president.

For the last six years, she has been the CEO of B Team, an organization founded by Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, and Jochen Zeitz, the former CEO of Puma.

Halla is the second woman to be elected president in Iceland, after Vigdis Finnbogadottir who sat for 16 years (1980–1996).

She will take over the duties of President of Iceland next August 1st, and we wish her the best of luck with her election.👏

p.s.
(It will actually be very fun for us Icelanders to listen to how people from other countries pronounce her first name as it contains a double L (haLLa) which is very difficult to pronounce for almost everyone who doesn't speak Icelandic.) 😁


photos by mbl.is

01/06/2024

Here is a link to webcams showing the eruption live from several directions.

https://www.mbl.is/frettir/skjalftar-eldgos/

30/05/2024

Next Saturday, June 1, will be a lot going on in Iceland because, on top of another volcanic eruption, we are going to elect a new president, because the sitting president, Gudni Th. Johannsesson, doesn't want to stay anymore after 8 years in two terms...

A huge selection of candidates is available, and there have never been more available in a presidential election in Iceland, or 12 candidates!

Those available are 6 men and 6 women.
Two actors, including one comedian who has previously won a mayoral bid...🙍‍♂️🙍‍♀️
Former Pl***oy model...🙍‍♀️
Two former sailors...🙍‍♂️🙍‍♂️
A former Prime Minister who decided at the last minute to jump straight to the next chair and thereby be able to pass her own laws...🙍‍♀️
Former district judge and lawyer...🙍‍♂️
Gay political scientist...🙍‍♂️
Serial candidate who is running for the fifth time since 1996...🙍‍♂️
Former Director of Energy...🙍‍♀️
Former Head of Personal Protection...🙍‍♀️
and Former CEO of a financial company.🙍‍♀️

No one knows how the elections will go, and opinion polls have been in various directions, and the Icelandic people are divided in various directions.

But let's see.. very exciting Saturday on the way...

Who would you vote...?