I’m so sad that this trip is ending! Each part has been amazing! Since our flight doesn’t leave today till 4:55, we have some time to play around Reykjavík. We started with a little shopping foray for Moi. Since we’re officially part of that rarified group of people who have been to 66 degrees North, I wanted a Tshirt. 66 North is a brand here, with very superior clothing. It’s funny...the clothing in Oregon has to be about waterproof. Here in Iceland, it’s about a windproof layer! Anyway, I got my Tshirt, and so did George.
Next we went up to the top of ‘the‘ hill to Perlan, a beautiful dome that sits atop the city’s 6 watertanks. It has a restaurant in the top, with Iceland exhibits and a planetarium theatre on the main floor. We saw a fabulous movie about the Aurora...which of course in Summer there’s chance of seeing. Did you know that Saturn and Pluto have Aurora’s too? The show was of course stunning. I sure wouldn’t mind coming back in the winter!
We walked all around the viewing platform enjoying the 17C weather! Look Mom, no coat! The locals go nuts in this weather, which is unusually warm.
What do they do with a day like this??? Why, go to the geothermal beach, of course! It’s TRULY wonderful. Walking around in a bathingsuit in Iceland...such a thing is too wonderful for comprehension...but here we are! And....it’s free! Just walk in, change, put your clothes in a plastic bucket on the shelf, shower, and let the fun in the sun begin!
What a perfect way to spend our last hour in Iceland! The last thing to cram into my bag, then, is my wet suit and towel!
Here’s how we’ve been getting around for the last week. I’m mostly co-pilotting with the help of the tablet that Another Iceland Travel has preloaded with our tour. It had our route, our hotels, information about all the sights, and GPS so we could navigate to other places that weren’t on the route. We even choose to take a different route on one if the days after a bit of research the night before. I always had my phone at the ready, too. 1310 pictures and 13 videos! This of corse is for the entire month, but it feels like a good precentage are of Iceland!! Ending mileage...17,746. So, 2159 miles in basically 6 driving days, since the first and last days weren’t really travel. Hats off to George...he drove most of them, and was my hero for driving that really windy day in the Southeast!
What a perfect way to spend our last hour in Iceland! The last thing to cram into my bag, then, is my wet suit and towel!
Here’s how we’ve been getting around for the last week. I’m mostly co-pilotting with the help of the tablet that Another Iceland Travel has preloaded with our tour. It had our route, our hotels, information about all the sights, and GPS so we could navigate to other places that weren’t on the route. We even choose to take a different route on one if the days after a bit of research the night before. I always had my phone at the ready, too. 1310 pictures and 13 videos! This of corse is for the entire month, but it feels like a good precentage are of Iceland!! Ending mileage...17,746. So, 2159 miles in basically 6 driving days, since the first and last days weren’t really travel. Hats off to George...he drove most of them, and was my hero for driving that really windy day in the Southeast!
Well, there must be other forces that don’t want us to leave, either! We were delayed boarding (mechanical issues), then once we finally boarded and got the push out, we went right back in. Good thing I don’t go to fear about these things! Evidently ‘the small engine that starts the big engines doesn’t work. So, this truck pulled up, started the big engines, and away we went!
Bye bye, Iceland! It’s been GREAT getting to know you and your friendly, happy people!
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