Day Three in Iceland
It's day 3 in Iceland. All of our days have been sunny and warm, by Iceland standards -- at least 50 degrees.
We arrived super-early on Friday; I hardly remember any of it, but I know that we hung out in Reykjavik for a while so Albert could have a meeting about work. We parked at the tourist info place and walked around (I got a parking ticket -- I have no idea what I did wrong). Then in the early afternoon we met up again and drove to our cottage about 45 km outside of town. It was a beautiful setting -- just a perfect little scandi cottage that was tiny but just right.
On Saturday we did Geysir, the original. Yellowstone is much better. We also did Gullfoss, a huge & beautiful waterfall, and Thingvellir, a national park that was their outdoor parliament. Another gorgeous setting. It's all very dramatic and wild-looking.
Today we did a horseback ride on Icelandic horses (they look like ponies with arabian faces). Since we arrived, the countryside has gone from bare trees and brown grass to leafed-out trees and green grass -- it's really beautiful.
Tonight we go to the movie premiere. I'll try to post again before we leave...
We arrived super-early on Friday; I hardly remember any of it, but I know that we hung out in Reykjavik for a while so Albert could have a meeting about work. We parked at the tourist info place and walked around (I got a parking ticket -- I have no idea what I did wrong). Then in the early afternoon we met up again and drove to our cottage about 45 km outside of town. It was a beautiful setting -- just a perfect little scandi cottage that was tiny but just right.
On Saturday we did Geysir, the original. Yellowstone is much better. We also did Gullfoss, a huge & beautiful waterfall, and Thingvellir, a national park that was their outdoor parliament. Another gorgeous setting. It's all very dramatic and wild-looking.
Today we did a horseback ride on Icelandic horses (they look like ponies with arabian faces). Since we arrived, the countryside has gone from bare trees and brown grass to leafed-out trees and green grass -- it's really beautiful.
Tonight we go to the movie premiere. I'll try to post again before we leave...
3 Comments:
At 9:45 AM, Kat said…
Sounds beautiful. Thanks for posting. How's the food?
At 10:24 AM, Gretchen said…
Keep us updated. If you can, upload a picture. What is the food like?
At 6:42 PM, Riz said…
The food is extremely expensive (I can't emphasize that enough), and is focused on lamb and fish. Because it was so expensive, we ate at the cheap places or made supper at our cottage like we would at home or, when we stayed at the hotel, we bought oddball stuff from the grocery store that we didn't have too cook but was almost like a meal.
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