Laid-back comfort Chez Monique 21. september 2006 00:01 If you like your businesses ethical, perhaps family-run and never multinational, you could do far worse than booking into Chez Monique. Just over the road from City Hall, Monique Jacquettes guesthouse is a clean, central, good value, and above all, friendly Bed & Breakfast during the summer months. But over the winter, it is a long-term haven for students and foreign workers, who might otherwise lose their battle against Reykjavíks chronic shortage of homes to rent. Although French, Monique has lived in Iceland for 36 years and her main job is at the hospital. Her winter guests are sufficiently self-sufficient (so to speak) to allow her to work in peace while in the summer she uses her annual leave to take care of the guests. Monique modestly describes the low rates she charges for long winter stays as nothing more than convenient for her lifestyle but with so many visitors now in the city during the colder months, many would forsake the workers and students and chase the wads of tourist cash. By not doing that, there is more than a hint that she is trying to help her fellow foreigners make a mark here in Iceland. Moving to Smoky Bay can be tough after all, but its comforting to know there are people out there doing their best to make it less so. Reviewed by Alex Elliott Accommodation News in English Mest lesið Everest fullt af rusli sem mun taka fleiri ár að hreinsa Erlent Attal segir af sér og Melénchon vill stjórnarmyndunarumboð Erlent Egill syrgir brottvísun vina sinna Innlent Mikil uppbygging framundan á Borg í Grímsnesi Innlent Útkall vegna skútu sem strandaði í Eyjafirði Innlent Viðsnúningur í frönsku þingkosningunum Erlent „Hreint og klárt vistmorð sem hér á sér stað“ Innlent Reikna með að hefja formlegar sameiningarviðræður í haust Innlent Segir Akranes verða svefnbæ Innlent Göngumaðurinn fannst látinn Innlent
If you like your businesses ethical, perhaps family-run and never multinational, you could do far worse than booking into Chez Monique. Just over the road from City Hall, Monique Jacquettes guesthouse is a clean, central, good value, and above all, friendly Bed & Breakfast during the summer months. But over the winter, it is a long-term haven for students and foreign workers, who might otherwise lose their battle against Reykjavíks chronic shortage of homes to rent. Although French, Monique has lived in Iceland for 36 years and her main job is at the hospital. Her winter guests are sufficiently self-sufficient (so to speak) to allow her to work in peace while in the summer she uses her annual leave to take care of the guests. Monique modestly describes the low rates she charges for long winter stays as nothing more than convenient for her lifestyle but with so many visitors now in the city during the colder months, many would forsake the workers and students and chase the wads of tourist cash. By not doing that, there is more than a hint that she is trying to help her fellow foreigners make a mark here in Iceland. Moving to Smoky Bay can be tough after all, but its comforting to know there are people out there doing their best to make it less so. Reviewed by Alex Elliott
Accommodation News in English Mest lesið Everest fullt af rusli sem mun taka fleiri ár að hreinsa Erlent Attal segir af sér og Melénchon vill stjórnarmyndunarumboð Erlent Egill syrgir brottvísun vina sinna Innlent Mikil uppbygging framundan á Borg í Grímsnesi Innlent Útkall vegna skútu sem strandaði í Eyjafirði Innlent Viðsnúningur í frönsku þingkosningunum Erlent „Hreint og klárt vistmorð sem hér á sér stað“ Innlent Reikna með að hefja formlegar sameiningarviðræður í haust Innlent Segir Akranes verða svefnbæ Innlent Göngumaðurinn fannst látinn Innlent