So yes, the bedroom, with that plump queen bed, is a tight space, but the bathroom has a step-down slate soaking tub that fills from a spout in the ceiling and has an infinity edge so you need not worry about flooding the room.

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Top of the list should be the twin attractions of Gullfoss, a double cascade that thunders down a narrow ravine, and Geysir, the original hot-water spout after which all others are named.

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Others will struggle: prepare to cringe in 2011 as corporate leaders spout a lot of phoney stuff that used to look bad enough when written down, but will sound even worse spoken.

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Squatting on their perches, they spout unexpected bits of literary philosophy, then revert to hooting and bouncing up and down in comically ape-like excitement.

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