Unless you are on British Airways nonstop to London or Lufthansa to Frankfort, Icelandair is the best way to get to Europe from Denver. The flight departs Denver at a convenient 4:15 pm, is 6.5 hours to Reykjavik, arrival at 6:30 am, where you can layover for up to 7 days for no extra charge, or connect within an hour to 20 different cities in Europe. Their fares are really reasonable if you book ahead. The planes are spotless, comfortable (good leg room), the flight attendants are cheerful, plentiful, smartly attired, and generally blond! Food is available for purchase, short menu, but excellent chicken with green curry with mango salsa, broccoli, sweet potato and rice was my choice. Was spicy and delicious. We were on time all the way, the short layover at Keflavik Airport is easy. Early morning is bustling, all the shops, food outlets and bars are open, there's an outdoor smoking area by the gates, all very easy. Glasgow is only an hour and a half flight from there. Just before landing we went through rather extreme turbulence for a few minutes, some people were shrieking, we got on the ground to the gate, the jet way malfunctioned and we waited on the plane for an hour and a half till the weather cleared and they got us off by stairs. The bonus was a few shots of the plane (Boeing 757) up close from the ground.
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| Off to deicing, note all the snow on the wing, the plane overnights in Denver |
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| It took a long time to gett all that show off |
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| Dawn over Scotland, fierce winds below. |
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| Each plane is named for an Icelandic Volcano |
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