Iceland!!

Well, we made it!  Iceland!

Uneventful flight from Germany and we got here about 9:30 Thursday morning.  Afterr waiting...and waiting...and waiting for our third bag to arrive on the luggage carosel (technical difficulties outside) and after almost having a heart attack, we were off.

First stop - pick up rental car.  It's a Skoda Octavia, and it's a manual.  And just like riding a bike, I remembered how to drive stick.  Score one for me!!

We then headed to the Blue Lagoon.  Talk about new experience anxiety.  Whoa.  But it was interesting.  After getting showered, and out to the lagoon, you find that it is a milky blue color and kind of buoyant.  It's from all the silica in the water.  We relaxed and hung out for a while, then I was off to my in-water massage.

THAT was weird.  But oddly relaxing.  They put you on a floaty, with a pillow under your head, and you just float there while they give you a massage.  With your bathing suit on.  Weird, but good, once I got over the fact that my hair was soaked and the water is supposed to really screw up your hair.  It just made it feel super damaged.  So I've got that going for me.

After the Blue Lagoon new experience stress out, we headed for Reykjavik and our apartment.  OHMYGOD!!  It is SOOOOOOOOOO cute.  Brand new, super modern, amazing views of the harbor and the long Langevegur street with shopping and restaurants.  I would recommend this place to anyone.  It even has a rooftop patio (sadly we never used it due to being so busy while here, but if I ever come back I will!!).

The other thing about Iceland is that right now the sun sets at like 11:30 pm - for example, it is 10:45 pm as I write this and it's still so light out I can see all the way to the harbor.  And the sun rises at like 3:30 am, so it's impossible to sleep in.  So weird - my circadian rhythms are for sure off.

Two other things: EVERYONE here speaks English - much better than I do in fact.  It's amazing.  And they are very kind.  The other thing is that it is so stinking expensive here.  I guess it's like Hawaiii - you live on an island, it costs a hell of a lot more to import stuff.

Later our first day we went to dinner, then got ready for day 2 and our glacier walk and Skogafoss waterfall!