{"id":25586,"date":"2022-09-28T18:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=25586"},"modified":"2023-01-19T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T03:05:08","slug":"fifty-shades-of-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=25586","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Shades Of Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linda Lou Burton posting from Central Hotels Plaza, Reykjavik, Iceland<\/em> \u2013 Walter was his\u00a0 name. Walter welcomed us to Iceland. Actually, a young woman welcomed us first with the wheelchair, whisking us rapidly down to luggage. We\u2019d checked our bags in Zanzibar, and luck was with us, they followed all the way to the Arctic Circle. She whisked us past Joe the cat, and his wise take on life \u2013 When nothing goes right…go left<\/em>. – but no \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>stopping for juice. She whisked us to the front of the terminal and said \u201cHere you are.\u201d Taxis were rowed a distance away, but I didn\u2019t see the Reykjavik shuttle bus I\u2019d read about. So I asked. \u201cYes, there is a bus,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt goes to a terminal downtown, then you get a taxi to your hotel. Or walk. Or you can get a taxi from here.\u201d I looked at Rick, hmmm, taxi now or taxi later? We decided on taxi now. Walter opened the doors to his rather large, luxurious van but didn\u2019t speak. Walter drove us to Reykjavik, 31 miles on Highway 41, alongside gray waters that were part of the Atlantic Ocean. Or was it called the Sea of Greenland right there? Greenland was off in that direction. It was gray. The skies were gray. The pavement was gray.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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And Walter seemed rather gray. He didn\u2019t talk, at all. When we arrived at our hotel, he turned to look at us, credit card reader in hand. I handed him my card. He handed me a receipt. \u201cI can take you back to the airport if you want to make an appointment,\u201d he said, handing me his card. \u201cI\u2019ll let you know,\u201d I replied. Walter set our bags on the sidewalk and drove away. It wasn\u2019t just chilly, it was windy cold. It was gray. We jiggered our bags across the wet street; into the hotel, front desk. Our rooms were ready. That way. We jiggered our bags across the lobby, up the elevator. Two rooms. Peace and quiet. Black and white. Gray. The walls were gray. My window was foggy gray. I looked across the rooftops to the gray clouds beyond. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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How do I know his name was Walter? It was printed on his card. So this is Iceland, huh?<\/p>\n

Center Hotels Plaza, Reykjavik, Iceland https:\/\/www.centerhotels.com\/en\/hotel-plaza-reykjavik<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Keflavik Airport, Reykjavik, Iceland <\/strong>https:\/\/www.isavia.is\/en\/keflavik-airport<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Linda Lou Burton posting from Central Hotels Plaza, Reykjavik, Iceland \u2013 Walter was his\u00a0 name. Walter welcomed us to Iceland. Actually, a young woman welcomed us first with the wheelchair, whisking us rapidly down to luggage. We\u2019d checked our bags in Zanzibar, and luck was with us, they followed all the way to the Arctic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4318,4319],"tags":[4566,3829,3465],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25586"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25679,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25586\/revisions\/25679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}