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Honeymoon in Iceland - first few days
Amy Morris
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Spent a couple of days in Reykjavik - Iceland's capital. Stayed at the Icelandair hotel, next to the domestic airport. They upgraded us! We went exploring round the city on our first day - saw nice colourful buildings, town hall which is a funny combination of metal/wood/water feature/concrete (!) Tjorn - the big bond, churches (including the lovely architectural main church and many other things.
Hired bikes from the hotel for our second day. cycled up to the perlan - restaurant behind the hotel, then down onto the outdoor, geothermally heated spa, where we sat for a while before heading for our whale watching tour. Saw no whales :-( but lots of puffins. Got very cold!
Had dinner at Perlan restaurant - it rotates. Good view of the city. Didn't think the menu was as good as it was advertised to be (one of the top 5 places to eat anywhere in the Independent newspaper.... not sure...)
Collected our hire car the next day to head out and explore.................
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architecture funny cross between viking ship and somthing else (a centipede maybe?!?) |
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steam vents steam vents to control geothermal activity in reykjavik centre |
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tjorn and town hall the big pond is known for the number of birds that it attracts. It doesn't freeze in winter so is also popular with the winged ones then. |
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town hall relief map of iceland on display in the town hall |
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view from the top colourful houses and the pond as seen from the top of the church tower |
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the church |
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Perlan restaurant from the hotel |
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sunset from our hotel room over the domestic airport |
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on the bikes |
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another church with more good architecture |
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puffins in flight viewed over puffin island just out of Reykjavik harbour |
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close up Al and I on the boat to find the non-existant whales in Reykjavik harbour, shortly before I froze.... |
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Reykjavik from out in the harbour coming back into shore |
