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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Travel
Martin E. Comas

Birthday vacation to Iceland turns into 10 days quarantined alone in ‘cruddy’ hotel room

ORLANDO, Fla. — For his 50th birthday, Seminole County Tax Collector J.R. Kroll received a six-day vacation to Iceland as a gift from his wife, Holly.

“I thought: ‘Wow, this sounds like a great trip,’” Kroll said.

But the venture was far from pleasant thanks to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Kroll found himself alone for nearly 11 days quarantined inside a “cruddy” government-run hotel room and being served three cold meals a day.

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