Thu: Early swim, only 50 lengths but went a bit harder this time, need to keep this up, only 3 weeks to tri! Our tour organisers and leaders, G&P picked us up at 10:15 to go to LHR for the flight to Rekjarvik. Flight full but the 3 hours went by. Easily picked up hire car and drove to find our hotel in the centre. No signs on the buildings so we found what I though was No 45 looking very empty. P rang up and it was the opposite side of the street! Took hotel's recommended restaurant down street for a faux Italian/Iceland experience, walked around town in the wintery weather.
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| A viking boat, of sorts. |
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| view up to the church and our hotel, very iconic. |
Fri: Drove SE to see Ping????? (seat of oldest parliament and a rift between the tectonic plates), Geysir, Gullfoss falls, more falls, end of glacier, the back to a recommended lobster restaurant, yummy. Weather iffy and not warm.
Sat: Puffin trip. Excellent, I have to insert our photographer par excellence Patrick's pictures here:
Drove up SW to see Snef?????jokul (Verne's journey to the Centre of the Earth). Weather very very wet. Highlight was a candle shop that served up hot dogs, then a great fish soup in a tiny cottage by the sea.
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| close by coffee shop to hotel |
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| yellow (ish) sand amongst the black lava |
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| fish soup shack |
Sun: Walked around town, up Church tour, drove around coast and unfinished beach to Perlan (underwhelming) then big loop via fish drying racks (a spooky scene from Alien), hot bubbling springs, Blue Lagoon and back to airport. Slept on plane so for me it was an easy flight. Home by 9:30.
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| so, where's the hot water and crowds???? |
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| Erik Leifur statue ans hotel |
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| The church tower. |
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| Gill communing with something/someone |
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| bye bye Iceland, sun at last just as we are leaving. |
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