travel news review


2 October '98
Icelandair, the national airline of Iceland, will discontinue its air service from Reykjavik to Luxembourg. The service will cease from 9 January, 1999 as a result of falling passenger numbers. As well as being a reasonably inexpensive flight, the Icelandair flight from New York to Luxembourg via Reykjavik was an interesting way to spend a few days in Iceland, an unusual country that can be a bit hard to get to.

18 February '98
The male sexual organs of over 60 Icelandic mammals are on display in a Rekjiavik museum. The Tourist Department claims the museum is unique to Iceland and the only one of its kind. While there is not currently an example of the male homo-sapiens on display, the museum is confident of the potential for such an exhibit - it has been bequeathed one in a will.