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Iceland, Day 2
Aug. 20th, 2024 10:06 amDay One of my Iceland adventure was the Golden Circle. Day Two, which had to conclude with me getting on a plane to go back to the US, started with me visiting the Hallgrimskirkja, which is the "big" cathedral in downtown Reykjavik. I put "big" in quotes because although the tower is tall, the seating area inside isn't that big. Again, there are around 400,000 people in all of Iceland, so things that should be big aren't.
I then went to the National Museum of Iceland. Also nice, also not terribly big and I didn't see anything there that struck me as photogenic. I wanted to be working my way back to Keflavik and the airport, so I stopped at the Arbaer Open Air Museum, which is a collection of mostly 19th-century buildings from the city. Interesting if you're a history buff but I probably should have planned a bit more and joined a guided tour.
Finally, I headed to Keflavik, had a nice lunch in town, then out to the Bridge Between Continents. Frankly that was a bit of a bust - it's just a bridge over a ravine in the middle of nowhere.
Lastly, herewith is another installment in my Adventures in European Showers. In the interests of getting a cheap room, I got a basement room at my hotel. It was fine, except the ceiling over the tub in the bathroom was maybe five-and-a-half feet high. There was no way I could actually like wash my hair with the shower head standing up - I had to sit in the tub! Moral of the story - if you have mobility issues, Call Your Hotel when you book!
I then went to the National Museum of Iceland. Also nice, also not terribly big and I didn't see anything there that struck me as photogenic. I wanted to be working my way back to Keflavik and the airport, so I stopped at the Arbaer Open Air Museum, which is a collection of mostly 19th-century buildings from the city. Interesting if you're a history buff but I probably should have planned a bit more and joined a guided tour.
Finally, I headed to Keflavik, had a nice lunch in town, then out to the Bridge Between Continents. Frankly that was a bit of a bust - it's just a bridge over a ravine in the middle of nowhere.
Lastly, herewith is another installment in my Adventures in European Showers. In the interests of getting a cheap room, I got a basement room at my hotel. It was fine, except the ceiling over the tub in the bathroom was maybe five-and-a-half feet high. There was no way I could actually like wash my hair with the shower head standing up - I had to sit in the tub! Moral of the story - if you have mobility issues, Call Your Hotel when you book!
