We headed to Tjörnin Lake where 42 species of birds reside, and it happens to sit right in the middle of town.
The above three pics were taken by Christina
It was cold in Iceland but not that cold. The most noticeable thing was the wind! On the drive from the airport I could feel the car being pushed around. I was ready with my North Face jacket though! I bought it in Santa Barbara last year and was super prepared for the crazy british winter that never came so I was happy to get more use out of it! It is so worth investing in a proper warm winter jacket!
We got lunch at a bakery where we tentatively ordered sandwiches... The ingredients were in Icelandic and we were not yet savvy with the currency. For every purchase I made I converted to GBP using the XE currency app.
Once we were well fed we wandered up to Hallsgrimskirkja- the main attraction in Iceland and the largest church! Took a few snaps on the way ;)
A Church by the lake
Christina photographed us
Cool Building Art
Me photobombing Christina's photo of Amy
Weird ass sculpture of cow felatio?
Hallsgrimskirkja
Got a stranger to photograph us
Christina's photo of me inside the church
The colourful toy houses of Reykjavik
The plan for the afternoon was to find Mount Keilir and hike to the top! It's a 2-3 hour hike so a perfect afternoon activity. However, when we found the signs to the place we ended up on a very gravelly road. Which was fun and we did try, but in the end we decided in favour of not damaging the car and turned back.
Christina's photo of me and Meryl the car
Christina's photo of me being attacked by wind
Christina's photo of me in the lava fields
Christina's photo of Meryl
So we turned back and went for more driving and exploring. We found a little village kind of place when following signs for Vogar. It brought us closer to the coast and we spotted a little yellow lighthouse. We hoped to get closer for some photographs but couldn't find a way. In the process however we stumbled across some icelandic horses and Glossi the dog!
Christina's photo of the lighthouse
Christina's photo of Amy chasing Glossi
Christina's photo of the horses
Christina and Amy with Glossi
Me driving
Another photo of Meryl in the lava fields
When we had exhausted the area around Vogar we continued our explorations. We followed signs to an attraction called Bláa Lóniõ and when we started seeing blooms of steam in the distance we realised we had been following signs to the famous Blue Lagoon. This was on our agenda but we hadn't prepared to visit today so did not have our swimwear on us. Still had a little explore though.
Me and the blue water
Cheeky screenshot of Amy's Instagram pic of us both
Then we headed home and cooked for ourselves. I was starving and quickly whipped up some pasta and veg.
Served with wine of course..
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