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| Early evening, Tuesday, April 23 |
Can we board yet? |
There's the cattle call |
We're in Iceland! |
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| View from Keflavik airport window |
Passport control |
Plaque at the airport |
Time to get our bags |
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| All aboard the FlyBus |
A downpour over the ocean |
Tundra and volcanic rocks |
A rainbow greeted us |
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| Approaching the city |
More of suburban Reykjavik |
They've been assimilated |
This is called Perlan, or the Pearl |
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| Hotel Loftleidir |
Boy, were we tired |
The view from our room |
Kringlan mall |
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| Obligatory tourist photo |
More signs of assimilation |
OMG -- an Apple store! |
Couldn't read a word of the signs |
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| Hard Rock Cafe |
Everything's so expensive here! |
A couple of arctic birds |
Wednesday evening: Off to Blue Lagoon |
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| Blue Lagoon in the distance |
It was cold and rainy |
The water was a beautiful opaque blue |
This is so cool |
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| Small lava-rock mountains |
A geothermal power plant |
Time to get our feet wet! |
Hurry up with the picture! |
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| Steam rising from the geothermal plant |
The water felt wonderful |
There was an indoor area |
View from a window near the gift shop |
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| Why the long faces? |
A good view of the power plant |
Our rude awakening -- it's freezing! |
We weren't prepared for it to be THIS cold |
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| Reagan-Gorbachev summit went down here |
Find a coffee house, stat! |
Where IS everyone in this town? |
Where are the crowds? |
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| Today is a national holiday! |
We did get some nice pictures |
Now what do we do? |
The snowfall left the mountains beautiful |
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| Hey, Reykjavik Zoo's open! |
The zoo featured native animals |
The seal is sleeping |
This one was a talker |
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| The mink was very shy |
Thursday night: We hit Naust |
One last photo from our room |
We headed back to Laugavegur for brunch |
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| The view down Laugavegur |
What a wonderful eatery |
Back on the FlyBus to Keflavik |
They consider this inhabitable? |
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One last glance at Blue Lagoon (sniff) |
Do we have to go home? |