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1329. Come and go on vacation (5/5)

Iceland is a very magical country.

First of all, the origin of this country's name is magical enough. If you hear the name and the country is close to the Arctic Ocean, many people think that the climate of this country should be severely cold all year round.

In fact, this is not the case. One reason circulating now is that it originates from the colonists' strategies.

After the initial colonists settled on the island, they did not want others to share their "food in their mouths", so they were named "Iceland". They wanted to use this name to disguise the severe cold climate on the island and prevent people from coming from hearing the news.

The plane landed at Reykjavik International Airport. It was nine o'clock in the morning. The sun was shining brightly in New Zealand, and the wind was howling here and the sky was pitch black.

Bo Dad and Bo Mom didn't know the specific situation of Iceland. When they woke up, they looked outside and said strangely: "Didn't we land at nine o'clock local time? Is it too early or too late? It's still dark before dawn."

"It's not dawn yet, it's nine o'clock in the morning," Eva explained.

Bo Dad said in shock: "It's not dawn at nine o'clock in the morning?"

Eva nodded and said, "Yes, dad, at this time, there are only five hours of dawn in a day."

Bo Dad and Bo Mom were stunned: "Then what are we here to do? Why don't you go back to your hometown? This day is too short, right?"

Wang Bo smiled and said, "Yes, the sky is very short, but the climate and environment in Iceland are great."

"The climate is good? There is snow outside. Do you tell me the climate is good?" Bo Dad said angrily.

Bo's mother thought for a while and said, "We are in the Arctic Circle, right? Normally, how can God be so short?"

Bo Dad sighed and said, "What a work, why do young people like to work so much? It's good that New Zealand is spring, but I'll come to spend the winter."

The little loli said, "No, uncle, we are here for Christmas. It will be cold and snowing for Christmas. One year we went to Santa's hometown, which is so beautiful."

Bo Dad said, "Anyway, we are already here, and we have to stay here whether we are beautiful or not. Come on, old woman, put another clothes on her granddaughter and put the princess in her arms to warm it up, so don't freeze the child."

The plane landed and they began to clean up.

Wang Bo said to Eva: "I finally came to Iceland. When I first started studying geography when I was in junior high school, I could easily confuse the two places, Iceland and Greenland."

If the name of Greenland is literally translated, it is a green island, and Iceland is an icy island, but the situation of the two islands is just the opposite. Iceland has a mild climate and is green everywhere, while Greenland has ice and snow without any green.

In areas close to the polar regions, Iceland's climate and environment are the best.

This is due to its unique conditions. Iceland is located at the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, at a high latitude.

However, due to the influence of the North Atlantic warm current and the control of the westerly wind zone, it is a temperate marine climate and a special climate in the same latitude.

This vast island is deeply influenced by the North Atlantic warm current, which flows through the south and has one that circumns its west and north.

Therefore, although it is located near the Arctic Circle, the temperature in winter is not low, with an average temperature of about two degrees below zero, which is even milder than in New Zealand's winter.

They were not lucky. When the plane landed, it was windy outside, and some snowflakes were swaying, which were still relatively cold.

The captain of the plane often comes to Iceland. He comes to help Wang Bo pack his luggage and smiles: "If you don't like the weather in Iceland at this time, please wait five minutes, as it may be worse than now."

Wang Bo smiled bitterly and said, "My God, my luck is not so bad, right?"

The captain said regretfully: "Mr. Mayor, it's not that you are not lucky, but that anyone who knows the weather in Iceland knows that the weather here is simply an unsolved mystery that can only be guessed."

At first, Wang Bo thought the captain's words were a bit exaggerated, but when they packed up and were about to leave, the car had just driven out of the airport, and the howling cold wind suddenly began to decrease, and there were no snowflakes.

Seeing this, Eva said happily: "It seems that Iceland still welcomes us."

The driver was the administrator of Bach, a small butler, responsible for the maintenance of multiple Baches. When they learned that they were on vacation, they came to receive them.

After hearing Eva's words, he turned around and smiled, "Yes, ma'am, this wind has been blowing for a day and a night. You stopped just after you came. This is a good thing."

Wang Bo said: "Mr. Morrison, please be optimistic about the road. Don't speed up when you look back like this!"

The butler Morrison shrugged and said, "No need to worry, there will be no more than ten cars on this road in the next hour, and we can drive with confidence."

Iceland has a land area of ​​103,000 square kilometers, but its population is only 300,000. In Europe, where population is sparse, it is also the country with the smallest population density.

The airport is only a five-minute drive from the capital Reykjavik. This is the introduction of "Lonely Planet". It looks a bit like a joke. After all, in order to prevent disturbing people, all airports are built far away from the city.

But Reykjavik International Airport is indeed the case, because the entire Iceland is just such a large city, and the southwestern region near the capital accounts for two-thirds of the country's population.

Icelanders like freedom and tranquility, so they build houses and spread them all the way to the airport.

However, the airport is quite far from the city center, 50 kilometers away.

The place they were going to the north of the capital, which was the location of Bach, Reykjavik was located in the west of Iceland, facing the sea in the west, and surrounded by mountains in the north and east.

The little loli asked enthusiastically: "Uncle, is our house beautiful?"

Morrison smiled and said, "Yes, my lady, it's so beautiful. You need to see it yourself, I can't say it."

"It would be great if you came from June to the end of August. At that time, our Iceland will have extreme daylight, and there will be almost no nights, and there will be lively activities all day."

Wang Bo said: "In fact, we have it in New Zealand, you know the South Island of New Zealand, right? It's very close to Antarctica, and the southernmost end of the island also has polar day and polar night, but it's relatively short."

Eva also shook her head: "I have no interest in polar day and polar night."

"Why?" Morrison asked in confusion.

Eva shrugged and said, "Because the dark environment makes me drowsy, and I can't sleep well at dawn. So, I can't sleep well all day in extreme daytime, and I want to sleep all day at extreme nighttime."

Wang Bo gave her a thumbs up. This is really my sleeping wife's style.
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