Not surprisingly, Reykjavik has become a tourist destination again. Delicious restaurants, all those geysers and, if you’re lucky, the Northern Lights come out to play. But for bridge players there is another incentive to get out your warmest parka — possibly my favourite bridge tournament of the year held on the last weekend of January. Sponsored by Icelandair, it kicks off with two days of pairs and continues with another two days of teams. It always goes by so quickly that the Brits on the murderously early flight home on Monday morning all commiserate with each other that it’s a whole year till the next one.
This year Swedish world champion Peter Bertheau joined my team, and jolly welcome he was — topping the Butler with Mr Hoftaniska and helping us secure second place. Team Denmark, four young internationals, won.
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