On Learning Icelandic

I do so love learning a language that will maximize my communication skills in exactly seven types of situations:

1. When I'm in-between Vik and Hofn and I'm trying to order food or get directions.

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Hmmm... ok, well, maybe only one situation. I've read and heard that pretty much everyone under the age of 80 speaks English over there, so I'm not really counting on having to use this new skill. However, I'm going to use it every chance I get. I've talked to people who have studied a language for years and then went to that country (Japan in this case) only to find they didn't understand word one. Japan's pretty different from Iceland, though. At least I think so anyway. I guess I'm about to find out.

28 hours until I leave for the airport.