icelandair

Nowadays, an Icelandic road trip is both unique and affordable to a good many college students. Though Iceland once had a reputation as one of the priciest European countries, since the island's bankruptcy in 2008, the dollar goes much further in Iceland now than in most of Europe. As the closest...

What happened in Iceland isn't pretty. A month ago, it was one of Europe's richest countries: clean, efficient, thoroughly civilized, and living well. Then, suddenly, as international markets caved, it did, too. Life savings were wiped out in a flash, trading on the stock market was suspended to...