Previously... we had a chaotic start to our adventure. At least picking everyone up went smoothly. In total, there were six of us in a 8 seater car (Land Cruiser). Thank goodness we got an upgrade, since we barely fit all our luggage in there with us there. And back to Reykjavik we went!
As soon as we arrived we checked into our hostel. My wife opted for taking a nice nap while the rest of us wandered around town. She's probably exhausted from worrying about my 'awesome' driving skills. That and our very early start to the day, having arrived at 5 am. But I still wanted to roam the strange new lands so off I went with the rest of our traveler friends.
We started close to the big church again. This statue of Lief Erikson I found particularly interesting standing in front of the church:
A gift from the United States? I wonder why... But it's interesting because this fellow is in our history textbooks credited as the one to discover the Americas from Europe.
This next one gives a feel for how big the church is:
Next we went to find a famed bakery that showed up on the travel list. It's very colorful.
Got a very delicious croissant and something resembling a cinnamon roll... Mine was blueberry licorice flavored. Reminder to self: stop buying licorice flavored things.
Having fueled up on sweets we then walked, and walked and walked... Good thing the wife didn't come, she would have not liked walking this much. We got to the sea side and stumbled upon this cool sculpture.
Rowing away to adventure. Then we walked along the road and stumbled upon the Opera House.
Something about this blocky architecture is appealing, but I can't put a finger on why.
All the walking was making us hungry so we (now with the wife joining us later) found a place that was somewhat highly rated, Íslenski barinn.
What we ordered:
Fish and chips!
So crispy, and the fish inside so juicy and tender. These were easily the favorite of my whole trip. After this meal I kept hoping I would be able to eat fried fish again. It was not to be, sadly.
Seafood chowder!
They know how to make a flavorful seafood soup. We ordered soup pretty much every place we went.
Satisfied, we went back to our little hotel and just passed out. A good end to a day that was full of road bumps.
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