We arrived in Iceland in the early hours of the morning. Due to the complexities of airline scheduling, Keflavik (Reykjavik's airport) is quite busy in the middle of the night and after waiting to pick up our rental and then enduring a challenging 2am drive into Reykjavik in the rain with an unfamiliar car we collapsed into bed.
After a sleep in we spent about half the next day having a look at Iceland's capital city. It's pretty tiny for a capital (even coming from Canberra!) Everyone comes to Iceland for the scenery and nature but Reykjavik has enough sights of interest to make a short sightseeing tour worthwhile. First stop was the very modern cathedral.
Wandering down into town, Samuel met a very handsome shop cat.
The streets and buildings are very colourful (perhaps providing a contrast to the generally bleak countryside).
The harbour was small. We wandered around looking for a place to eat lunch, quickly realising that Icelandic restaurant prices are even worse than Norway or Switzerland! It looks like a lot of supermarket meals will be forthcoming over the next few weeks.
On one side of the harbour we discovered the giant Concert Hall and Conference Centre. Reykjavik's version of the Sydney Opera House.
Reykjavik does have quite a few museums and galleries but we decided we would rather focus on the natural sights rather than the human ones. Accordingly, our final stop was the supermarket where we stocked up on tinned and packaged goods before we excitedly took off on our circuit of Iceland.
After a sleep in we spent about half the next day having a look at Iceland's capital city. It's pretty tiny for a capital (even coming from Canberra!) Everyone comes to Iceland for the scenery and nature but Reykjavik has enough sights of interest to make a short sightseeing tour worthwhile. First stop was the very modern cathedral.
Wandering down into town, Samuel met a very handsome shop cat.
The streets and buildings are very colourful (perhaps providing a contrast to the generally bleak countryside).
The harbour was small. We wandered around looking for a place to eat lunch, quickly realising that Icelandic restaurant prices are even worse than Norway or Switzerland! It looks like a lot of supermarket meals will be forthcoming over the next few weeks.
On one side of the harbour we discovered the giant Concert Hall and Conference Centre. Reykjavik's version of the Sydney Opera House.
Reykjavik does have quite a few museums and galleries but we decided we would rather focus on the natural sights rather than the human ones. Accordingly, our final stop was the supermarket where we stocked up on tinned and packaged goods before we excitedly took off on our circuit of Iceland.
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