Icelandic charms leave them cold

YOUR story about Reykjavik puzzles me [“Reykjavik Wet, Wild and a Little Weird,” July 17]. My wife and I visited Iceland and its capital Reykjavik and found it to be only mildly interesting. Unless you are counting countries and are down near the end, I can’t see spending your money -- and lots of it at that! -- visiting this nice, very civilized, very literate little country. If it were half the price of Europe, you might consider it. But twice? You get a whole lot more bang for your buck almost anywhere in Europe.

Jim Stancill

Pasadena