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Fridrik Asmundsson Brekkan
Free-lance tourist guide, interpretor and consultant.
In addition to former employment I have been a tour guide in Iceland and many other countries.
1968-1969 With Kodak AB, Stockholm, Sweden
1970-1971 Tour guide - Gran Canaria, Spain
1971-1972 Tour guide - Mallorca, Spain
1973-1978 Icerescue inc, rescue equipment import.
1975-1978 Tour guide - Portugal and Tenerife
1978 Work at Reykjavík City Hospital
1978-1979 University studies - Gothenburg, Sweden.
1978-1979 Interpretor - Gothenburg Immigrant Bureau.
1979-1982 Director - Social Services, Sauðárkrókur,Iceland.
1982-1989 American Embassy,Public Affairs Assistant. (USIS), Reykjavik, Iceland
1990-1992 Travel consultant - Iceland and abroad.
1993-1995 Royal Embassy of Sweden, Reykjavík-Commercial affairs and translator
1996-1997 Embassy of Finland. Secretary and translator. Reykjavik, Iceland
1997- to date. Consultant and tour leader.
Languages: Icelandic-English-Swedish-Danish-Norwegian-German-Spanish-Italian-French.
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To make your stay a great experience.
Letters:
To:Fridrik -and with apologies to his family for stealing him away from his duties to take care of us.
Many,many thanks for making Iceland a lovely and awesome country!!!
Charlie and Anne Wood, USA.
Your prompt service saved both time and money, thank you!
S.D
Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Thank you for all the extra stops during our Iceland voyage. We especially liked the attention that you showed us at the Mývatn bird-lake in North Iceland. You live in Iceland and can enjoy Iceland always, but we come only once in a lifetime, and we were so happy that you understood and appreciated that fact!!
Britta and Karl Nilsson, Sweden.
PLEASE CHECK THE OTHER FOUR PAGES....!!
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Dear Fridrik,
I think your website is terrific, I will list it in our brochure.
You may want to add the following excerpts to your website. In the past years we have asked our Iceland travelers to rate your services from 1 to 10.
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10+ Very friendly and considerate. Outstanding knowledge. - Gladys Evan.
10-10-10-10. A perfect guide and a friend. So very helpful with a wry sense of humour. So knowledgeable!! - Jo W.
15 out of 10! Couldn´t have been better - personable, politically aware, interested in each of us. - Wendy M.
Exceptional, wonderful and considerate - Geri Whitley.
He is a remarkable man and very informative. We DID learn a lot! - Jean Priest
Most interesting and pleasant. His tours were full of informative information about Iceland´s past and present, the government, industry...spiced by a good sense of humor. - Robin Hawkins.
10+ - The greatest! So knowledgeable, comfortable and helpful in every way. - Edith G.
Personable, knowledgeable and keen wit. - Jack and Alisa
Best regards
Kelly Erwood Enright, Director of Operations
TRAVEL CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Placerville, California. USA.
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Ice and fire
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Relax - explore - contemplate
A happy group at the Skógar museum.
The Skógar folk museum is on Highway one - the ring road, about two hours drive East from Reykjavík. At Skógar there is a summer hotel, one year round hotel, a youth hostel and a camping facility. The magnificent Skógafoss waterfall is nearby and the possibility to go snowmobiling on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier.
Many people hike from Skógar over the mountain heading North towards the Thórsmork glacial park. It is an awesome hike and fairly easy to accomplish during the course of one day in good weather.
Highway one is paved and well maintained.
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Crossing unbridged rivers can be fun and adventurous but when you drive in Iceland you should check inland road conditions. You can get help with this at the local tourist information and car rental offices.
If you have a jeep and come to a river or a stream like the one above, WAIT for someone else to come and accompany you over. During the summer season the wait is usually short and people will be happy to have company and are willing to help out if you are in trouble.
NEVER DRIVE outside of the marked roads. Respect nature and remember never to collect flowers or rocks within the nature reserve areas. The availability of flowers is limited and nature is fragile..
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COMMENTS.
Thank you for taking god care of us on the recent Company Trip. Your knowledge and expertise of Icelandic Culture must be second to none.
Yours Sincerely
Peter Hansford
I thoroughly enjoyed our excursion. I shall return.
Lord Craigavon, House of Lords, London,England.
Your thoroughness and attention to detail was impressive.
Berlinische Lebensversicherung, Berlin, Germany.
Thanks for a great job, as always.
B.R, Time4Media Inc, New York,USA.
Grazie Mille,
Impeccable service for twenty seven years on the salmon rivers of Iceland.
Elmino, Antonio, Giovanni,
Milano, Italy.
Muchas gracias,
You made our long in planning family tour of Iceland a true adventure and a learning experience. Our children want to come back next year already.
The Valero family, Sevilla, Spain.
Many thanks for a perfect week.
The Directors of the Svenska Landstingsforbundet. (Federation of Swedish Local Governments)
I much enjoyed our three day trip to Greenland, wonderful scenery.
T.Yamamoto, Kobe, Japan
Gracias.
Thanks for your humour and good leadership.
Sandra, Chile.
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Rifts, canyons, gorges everywhere.
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Will lead tours and take assignments to most countries of the world.
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The Núpsstaðir church
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Live with a vision and the vision will materialize
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