Buying wines or other alcohol beverages for consumption at home in Iceland isn’t too simple as they are only sold in state-operated shops during limited hours. As with most Icelandic people coming home from outside the country, I stocked up before entering at the Duty Free Shop at the Keflavik International Airport.
By the time I reached my apartment after arrival, it was past 1 am so on the second night in Reykjavik, I opened the bottle of bubbly I had bought at the airport.
Taken after it was gone.
Nice but I had a big problem. My apartment was not equipped with any wine or other suitable glass for drinking wine.
What I went with being the only choice.
On the next day I went out and bought a transparent glass at this shop.
Not perfect but still much better
The third wine from the Duty Free shop
One of the state-owned wine shops in the capital to get one more bottle for my final night
At the end of my stay I told the apartment owner that he would do better by providing wine glasses and a cork screw (I only bought screw caps) and he was like, wow, thanks for letting me know; really appreciate the advice. I don’t think he drinks being a young cab driver…
A blog by Ayako Mathies 