Progress...Iceland, done!

Saturday, February 16, 2013

So basically, all of Iceland is done.  We are going to land, hit the Blue Lagoon, head to Reykjavik  for the night and then the next day head to the Snaefellsjokull peninsula in the west.  This part of the trip is going to be all outside stuff - some hiking, checking out the glacier, some black sand beaches and looking for seals and whales from Olafsvik.  We won't get to hike on the glacier since it will be summer, there is a tremendous amount of shifting in the ice and it is unsafe but I am sure I will take thousands of pictures of it has we drive around it and through some of the approaches to it.  In addition to the glacier, I am hoping we get to Londrangar basalt cliffs.  I'm just really looking forward to being outside there as it is some of the most amazing scenery and if you have every thought about going there, I suggest you just shut up and do it.  You won't be disappointed.

We will head back to Reykjavik for the last night and then hitting the Blue Lagoon again on the way back to the airport.  I am hoping we have some time to walk around Reykjavik and grab some pictures of the city again, there are a few spots I can think of that I would like to go to and one, where there is this "secret" foot bath.  This may have been where the picture of us near the lighthouse is.

"At the very west end of Reykjavík is a suburb called Seltjarnarnes. At the end of this suburb is an old lighthouse where one can enjoy the Faxaflói fjörd and the beautiful mountains surrounding Reykjavík. Not too many people know, but on the north side of the coast there is a rock the size of a small hot tub where the local heating company has drilled a large hole in the rock and pumps warm water into it all year round."
That's how we roll, free public hot tubs!

Scotland is basically done too - but I will save that for another post.