NY:

• Cafe Himalaya
• Dream House (closed)
• Steven Alan Flagship, tribeca, franklin & church
• Korea Town (han bat)
• Barney's
• Bird shop, Grand St
• Narnia (N1st/Grand & on Driggs)
• Oak
• 10ft Single Stella vintage (N6th & Meeker/Metropolitan)
• Awoke (Bedford/N5th)
• Beautiful Dreamers (Whythe/S1st)
• Shop (Havemeyer & Metropolitan)
• Shop (on N6th @ Bedford)

ICELAND:

• August (sun sets around 10:30pm and rises super early this time of year - BRING face mask for sleeping as some rooms don't have great curtains).
• Don't need cash...EVERY place takes card.
• Get gravel etc insurance on car...we had a rock crack our window on a decent road.
• Bring boardgames, etc, not anything to do in any of the towns at night
• July 31st weekend is national holiday for camping (consider traffic - double check holiday).
• Time change jet-lag is strong because of so much sunlight.
• Extra daylight helps with sightseeing (hiking). We were on a hike at 10pm one night. You can do a lot in one day.
• Driving super easy - no cars on road - simple two lane highway with passing cars okay.
• 4 x 4 would have made some drives easier and faster (but they cost more).
• NO charge for any of the park sights.
• It is very expensive (food and lodging) Basic room airbnb in a shared house around $125. Nicer hotels $400. Pizza like $30. Most meals per person $30ish. Simple meals easily $65+ for two people. Not much food around aside from pizzas, burgers, fish except in Reykjavik.
• No tipping necessary anywhere.
• VEGAN Guide
  • Day 1:
    • reykjavik (all walkable - don't need more than 1 or 2 days here)
      • ✔ Penis Museum (can be skipped - not funny or that interesting)
      • ✔ Old Reykjavik
      • ✔ Laugardalur Shop Street (and go down side streets toward huge church)
      • ✔ Old Harbor
      • ✔ Tjornin Park
      • Bio Paradis Theater -- Indie Art Film Theater
      • Laugardalur Park (missed this but wish I had made it -- nearby)
        • BARS I read about:
      • Paloma (dancing)
      • Kaffibarinn
      • ✔ Café Babalú Coffee House (boardgames - cute)
      • Húrra (hipster)
      • Dolly (hipster)
      • Lebowski Bar
      • Kex Bar
      • Boston
      • Kiki Queer (dancing)
      • Prikið (hiphop)
• SIGHTS:
  • Day 2:
    • pingvellir nat park (skipped this - seemed redundant)
    • geysir (great food here and gift shop here - just park and walk across street to watch geysir)
    • gullfloss falls (next door to geysir - just park and walk)
    • (stay in fludir @ Dalbaer guesthouse which was very cute - secret hot spring lagoon nearby - odd ethiopian restaurant great)
  • Day 3:
    • haifoss falls (skipped this since you need a 4x4 - it could be done with small car but just takes time/patience)
    • gjain valley (amazing - you can do small car despite sign - drive slow - about 30 mins - arrive at red barn farm - walk on right side of river 20 mins on path to valley - loved it!!! look for Stong farm sign on highway.)
    • note: half of 26 highway at the time was being repaved so rough road
    • seljalandsfoss falls (just park and right there)
    • skogafoss falls (just park and right there - climb the stairs and do the trail that goes behind it (climb over the baby ladder to continue trail at the top - it is amazing!)
    • nonni guesthouse (basic $100 - not great)
  • Day 4:
    • reynisgrangar black beach with sand stacks (very cool...climb rocks to explore beach further and find the puffin colony)
    • vik for lunch - EAT at Sudur Vik!
  • Day 5:
    • skaftafell park (can do a 3 hour glacier hike but I think we'll skip and just walk out to glacier and explore)
    • foss hotel (good but pricey $350)
  • Day 6:
    • jokulsarlon glacial bay (you can do a boat tour but didn't seem necessary - you can walk the whole lagoon area)
    • ingolfshofdi - to see puffins (tours at 10:00AM and 1:30pm - you'll see their sign from highway not too far after VIk - 30 min tractor ride > 1 hour hike > 30 min tractor ride back)
    • vik - hotel katla (decent hotel $200)
  • Day 7 & 8:
    • (stop at krysuvik and valahnukur on way to grindavik?)
    • grindavik blue lagoon hotel (eat in Keflavik 20 mins away -- there's Keflavik Thai and some Indian food at Kaffi Duus!!!)
• Other stuff: helicopter ride, whale and puffin watching boats

Amsterdam:

• Note: pop into hotel to ask for tourist map, tram/bus you swipe to get on and swipe to exit (you can buy your ticket on tram in back), eat indonesian while here but a good one
• Cat Boat
• MUSEUMS:
  • ✔ Rijksmuseum
  • ✔ Van Gogh Museum
  • Street Art Museum
• FOOD/BARS:
  • ✔ Kartika Indonesian
  • ✔ Tripel + Maloe Melo next to each other pubs/bars
  • ✔ DE HALLEN: indoor food market / art house cinema
  • The Waterhole - dingy rockers bar
  • DeTonTon Club Arcade Bar
  • Casa Rosso Show (skipped it)
  • ✔ Same Place Bar
  • Melkweg Club Aug 10th Tarrus Riley
  • Het Dokterje Old Bar
  • ✔ Cafe of Minds Punk Bar
  • Paradiso Dance Club
  • Panama Hip Hop Club
  • ✔ The Cave rock/metal bar
  • Coffee Shops: smokeys, grey area
  • ✔ Sound Garden - punk bar DIY space - young punks
  • Club 8 - 18 pool tables
  • Hannekes Boom - near central station - fireplace armchairs
  • Roest (movie theater vibe)
• NEIGHBORHOODS:
  • ✔ Jordaan Neighborhood (stayed here)
  • ✔ The Red Light District
  • ✔ Weastergasfabriek Hall (refurbished warehouses for food, arcade bar, etc more lively on weekends?)
• MISC:
  • ✔ Boat tour - do a private electric boat rental
  • ✔ Vondelpark
• SHOPPING:
  • ✔ Shops along stretch Raadhuisstraat & Westermarkt & Rozengracht for non-label designers
  • ✔ Waterlooplein Flea Market (not great)
  • ✔ Haarlemmerdijk to Haarlemmetstraat - cute shopping street!
  • ✔ Old Flea-Swapmeet type Market: Albert Cuypmarkt and nearby streets in front
  • ✔ De Negen Straatjes or ‘The Nine Streets’: three streets parallel with cute shops (ask shop for walking map)
  • IJ-Hallen Vlooienmarkt (monthly massive market - aug 13-14)
  • ✔ two main chain store shopping streets in Amsterdam’s city centre: Kalverstraat and the Leidsestraat
  • ✔ Hutspot (multilevel cute shop) 204-210 rozengracht, 1016 NL Amsterdam
• Notes:
  • playing inspirational 80s songs while James drive the canal boat like Sailing, Sail on, Chariots of Fire, Karate Kid songs, etc
  • asian woman and her husband asking me about prostitutes
  • asian man eating ice cream alone while all the bars and pot shops were filled (his own drug)