Yesterday, we spent several hours at the famous Blue Lagoon natural hot spring and spa. The girls and I purchased a special face mask before we figured out that you can get a third kind for free. As soon as I figure out how to upload pictures from this device, I'll include some funny ones from there.
Yesterday evening, we met up with Edna and Christopher. We had dinner at an Italian restaurant that she used to work at, walked around town a little, and had a glass of wine at the hotel. Chris only spent dinner with us because he had basketball practice before and after. I really enjoyed seeing her. We figured it has probably been a good 32 years since we saw each other!
Today, we started off on a three hour tour of puffin and whale watching. We saw a bunch of puffins and several whales. Then we tried to leave town, but were thwarted for several hours by the confusing road system in Reykjavik. We finally managed to find the southern ring road and proceded to view several waterfalls, and the Eyarfjallajøkull visitor center. That is the volcano that shut down European air travel for many days in 2010.
The landscape here is so different than what we are used to seeing. The sand is black. There are miles and miles of either moss or Icelandic columbines. Waterfalls abound, as do strange rock formations and glaciers.
Tonight, we are staying in a town whose name roughly translates to church field monastery. The rooms are tiny, but comfortable, and just in time to prevent insanity. I think the last 2 hours were just vast nothingness!
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