Friday, October 23rd - Saturday, October 24th 2009

Sultan heads north to the cooler climate of Iceland after mixing it up in Spain and Portugal.  Read on as Kelly continues to keep us abreast of where in the world Sultan is today and what he's been getting up to! 

Reykjavík, Iceland - famous for the 1986 Summit between former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev - warmly welcomed Sultan to its shores and boy were they excited about his arrival!  In fact, even the flight crew on Icelandic Airways had been briefed about Sultan's visit and a flight-attendant transformed into an on-board photographer during the flight snapping dozens of shots of Sultan with the Captain and other crew members! 

More surprises were in store for Sultan upon his arrival to his hotel room, when he was overjoyed to see a custom-made armchair especially made to accomodate his record-breaking size.  We wondered whether it was the largest armchair in the world actually!  Sultan was so thrilled about it that the maker of the sofa even kindly agreed to send the sofa to Turkey. In addition to this the Icelandair Hotel, where Sultan was staying, informed him that his room will be named after him complete with a duplicate sofa and photos of Sultan as a permanent fixture in celebration of his visit. 

Sultan was officially a rock star in Iceland.
 
Later that day, after his first television interview, Sultan headed to the site of the Reykjavík Summit (the former French consulate) called Höfði to take a few pictures along with a few shots of the breathtaking views.  Iceland sure is a beautiful country.

 
At midday, Sultan was then joined by Iceland Today for an interview followed by a press conference with local journalists.  Later, he then met the families and children of the Icelandic publishers of the Guinness World Records 2010 book for a photo shoot and book signing using his very own fingerprint.  Sultan is a big swimmer - literally - and wrapped up his day with a relaxing swim followed by a hot jacuzzi. 

The following day, Sultan visited Smaralind Shopping Mall (the largest in Iceland) which hosted an event at which hundreds of locals turned up to meet him and get their copies of Guinness World Records 2010 autographed with his fingerprint.  A life-size ad was placed in front of the store so people could measure themselves against Sultan.  Over 700 books were bought that day and it was estimated that around 12,000 visitors stopped by the event!  That's around 4% of Iceland's population - WHAT!?  Closing the event, Sultan spoke to the crowds saying that although it was a very cold place, he had truly been touched by the overwhelming warmth of the people, especially by the staff at his hotel - TAKK (thank you) ICELAND!

Sultan heads back to Turkey for a short break but is back on the road on November 7th.

Stay tuned to find out where in the world Sultan's going next!