We've spent the last few days in Reykjavik, Iceland and have absolutely loved it. It's quite a bit cooler than Europe was (50s) but super sunny and beautiful. They have 23.5 hours of sunlight this time of year, so we've been fascinated by how little the light changes throughout the day...the shadows are long and slowly change directions, but it's impossible to mark the time by the color of the sky. It's like one very very long winter afternoon. As expected, the landscape is also quite unusual. This is a place that has inspired such interesting and influential musicians, artists, and designers, and it's not hard to see why. Everyone is really friendly and stylish, the main street is lined with gorgeous independent/local designer boutiques, lovely little cafes with excellent food. A great way to end the trip. Next time you go to Europe from Minneapolis fly Iceland Air because they give you a free stopover here and it's well worth a visit. Here are some photos of this amazing place.
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| Lava fields outside Reykjavik |
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| Blue Lagoon. Totally amazing in every way. Purely natural and filled with minerals, it is located where the Eurasian and American tectonic plates meet, so we bathed between continents. one of the coolest places we've been. |
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| We soaked it up for the afternoon and did three facial treatments! They have help-yourself buckets of natural silica mud found in the lagoon, so we gobbed it allover ourselves. |
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| We stumbled across a show in a hidden little bar in downtown Reykjavik. The beer (and everything else!) is super expensive here, but we had a few good nights out anyway! Gotta do as the locals do, I guess. :) |
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| Reykjavik at 2:30am....this is the darkest it gets! |
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| These are our happy-to-be-going-home faces!! See you soon... |
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