Reykjavik Peace Center Guesthouse

Bien, comme attendu

Certains endroits partagés n'étaient pas très propre.

This would be an atmospheric building and could facilitate guests meeting and mingling, if only it were maintained better. I liked the largish and eclectic library, with a truly surreal selection of books in various languages. There is a nice sitting area on the top floor. Some of the decorative items were also pleasantly surreal: for example, a plastic cube commemorating a May 1977 IBM S/32 and S/34 user forum held in Húsavík (of all places), personalised to an ÁstÞór Magnússon.

Most of the kitchen appliances either don't work or are so dirty/grimy that I didn't feel like using them (for example, while there is no toaster, there was a sandwich maker with the non-stick coating flaking all over; the oven looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years; one of the fridges had mould in the deep freeze; the dishwasher was broken, sealed with duct tape, and had obviously been like that for weeks). In one of the bathrooms, the trash can was overflowing. The hot water has a distinct sulphur smell (probably due to geothermal heating, so at least it's renewable); this would be OK, but in the downstairs kitchen you can't get really cold water, so all water smells of sulphur. There is poorly concealed junk all over and around the property, making the outdoor areas unusable. It seemed there was someone living in one of the rooms permanently, with a baby that cried often. In the upstairs kitchenette, there is only a table so low it's almost lower than the chairs, so barely suitable for eating (its legs are balanced by bits of paper stuck under them). This same kitchenette smelled of mould, even though it had just been "cleaned" (which seems to amount to little more than vacuuming). The locks on the rooms have two settings: either you can't lock them at all, or the door locks automatically when you close it, allowing you to lock yourself out (in which case you can wait hours for help to arrive - saw this happen to a couple). The windows were so dirty it amounted to a layer of soundproofing. Many of the blinds were missing their pull string. The walls are thin: another guest was having a very noisy bathroom session next door and it was as if he were with us in the bedroom. The kitchens were full of food items apparently left by previous guests, but there was very little cutlery (no teaspoons at all, for example).

It was a different experience with no person to contact regarding questions. Questionable neighborhood, but in the end it was OK.

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