Holt Reykjavík

... lunch, we walked on to Reykjavik&#8217;s main shopping/restaurant street of Laugavegur, where we popped into several shops (lava pottery, Icelandic wool sweaters), passed by the National Art Museum, and strolled along the waterfront. Mid-afternoon, and we found a little tea shop called Tiu Dropar, where we had drinks and a Belgian waffle covered in Nutella, fresh banana slices, and fresh whole whipped cream. Ummm, yum.<br><br>After our tea stop, we ...

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... the sensor.<br><br>I do everything to get ready to go into the lagoon and head for the water. It is very nice and warm. In the middle of the very large pool is a geyser that is spouting steam and boiling hot water into the lagoon. You can get close but not stay long as it is really very hot. There are also stations where you can put this silica onto your face and give yourself a nice facial by letting it dry. supposedly it makes your skin nice and smooth but I could not really ...

... and usually when you´re just starting to wake up from the fake sleep that you tried to take, you see Reykjavik and know you are practically there. I guess I´m practically home, and it´s a strange, strange thing. I have, in the last few days, devoured the equivalent of the contents of a small zoo, beginning with whale, following it up with puffin, monkfish, sea trout, lobster, lamb, duck, escargot and yes, even kangaroo. I finished off the month ...

... future travellers in Reykjavik : the visitor's centre has closed and moved, I just wanted to let everyone know BEFORE they hike up three flights of stairs to discover this like we did. We retired to another café which was warm and reminded me of a place in New Brunswick because of the wooden tables and interesting knick knacks on the wall shelves (another disco ball hangs in the centre of the cozy venue). This place had a stack of collected National ...

... start to get crowded around midnight and last till 4, 5, even 6 in the morning. After wandering around for a while to find a local joint, we ended up back near our hotel at a sports bar. On the tele was the Barcelona v Numancia Empanadas. Ken thought he saw the word Emapanadas somewhere on the screen, so we decided that was their team name. This was your typical grungy sports bar and was not suited for ...

Sunday, August 10, 2008 Return to Civilization Dear Readers: We complete our full circle tour of Iceland today, making a fairly rapid transit across the miles from Akureyri to Reykjavik. Other than photo and pit stops, our first visit is to the Deildartunguhver (try to pronounce that one) hot spring. It gushes out more hot water than any other hot spring in the world. The Icelanders have devised a way ...

There was an earth quake 50km from Reykjavik about 1600. It measured 6.1 richter. No one was hurt but apparently there are houses in ruin to the east and they are evacuating people as there will be more to come. The last one like this was in 2000 but there was less damage. No one us allowed in their houses. Life. On the edge of a continent.

... capital and within touring distance of the airport, making it one of the more novel and refreshing short stopover destinations you will find on a long haul flight anywhere in the world (Icelandair do offer perfectly timed 2-3 hour tours on their trans-Atlantic flights). It's actually a seawater spring located many miles inland - a bizarre force of nature ...

... way and ask if we could make a reservation for another night. He walks away and just as we are about to go down the stairs with our tails between our legs, he comes over to me and says he may have a table for us in 15-20 minutes, if we'd like to wait in the bar. We sit down a little later at our table and study the menu. I have grilled scallops with red & green dressing (perfectly cooked and delicious), then roasted breast of Guillemot (a black seabird). It has very dark meat ...