The Old British Bat Rant

And now, probably for my pleasure alone, I will recount the story of the old British bat. I wasn't even going to talk about her, but I decided that in 5 years when I am nostalgically rereading old blog posts, I will think this is hilarious.

This lady in her 50s or 60s, June, is from somewhere in England. She loves Iceland and her husband, possibly in that order. The day she arrived (two days after I did), she decided the room was too hot. She turned the heat off. Afraid of being cold during the night, I turned it back on after she had left. By the time she came back, she couldn't do anything about it (a man was sleeping in the bed in front of the nob). 

Tonight, I came back to the hostel, and she told me that she turned the heat off again. I voiced my concern that I thought the room might be too cold without any heat. She assured me that I would be fine and explained that she gets warm. I mentioned that she had more covers than I did. Apparently, that was a wrong move on my part. Actually, she couldn't understand why I left home without a sleeping bag. 1. I don't own one. 2. I didn't think I would need one. I had read that in Scandinavia, you are expected to bring your own sheets, but I never read that you had to bring your own blanket too. 3. I have traveled to 40-something countries and have never had to provide my own blanket, and have only had to provide sheets once or twice.

She reiterated that I'd be fine. I'm not so sure. I am currently sitting in the breakfast room (right outside the room she had been airing out for an hour). The breakfast room is freezing - cold enough that my undershirt, long sleeve, pullover fleece, and fleece jacket aren't quite enough.

I have the last laugh though. My flight is at 7:35 in the morning. I'm waking her up around 4:30. 

Hah.

UPDATE: In fact, the four nights I spent in Reykjavik were the only nights I was not provided with a blanket. The woman's assertion that I should have brought a sleeping bag really did not make any sense.

Also, I did wake her up.

Hah.