Sunday
We had a spectacular Northern Lights show outside the hostel last night. It was a big green strip across the entire sky: much better than the previous night. We wanted to go out again to find a better viewing spot, but we were both feeling a bit shitty, so we called it quits for the night. In case you were wondering, the Northern Lights are one of the coolest things to see. Apparently they look like something about "Balto." I don't understand the reference.
We woke up this morning ready to go explore the city. It turns out there isn't all that much to see. We went to the west coastline and harbor areas of the city, then stomped back to the main road area (whose name I still can't pronounce) and found a little cafe where I got waffles and bacon. We then walked out to a small geothermal pool area called a "Hot Pot." It was interesting and weird. We weren't expecting Blue Lagoon, since this was only $4, but it was nice for what it was. Crowded with kids though, so that sucked. The outdoor facility was a lot like going to the pool in the states, but it was heated geothermally. Still had some people trying to sunbathe in the 45 degree air though...
There was a little hot tub called a "Hot Pot," full to the brim with people. And the entire time we were there, there was some form of entertainment happening on the sides of the pool. A guy banging a drum, a guy on rollerblades skating around, a guy on stilts shooting people with a watergun, some acrobats, and a band comprised of highschoolers playing some actually good music. Something about hearing the Icelandic version of "See You Again" while in a heated pool strikes me as weird/awesome.
After lounging a bit with some beer, we decided to take one more look around town and grab some food. We couldn't find any reasonably priced places, but eventually went to some restaurant that had a soup that sounded good. Turns out they didn't have it, so we got two dishes that were ok for a few bites and then blew ass for the rest of it.
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| "You call yourself a swan???" Reference NSFW video. |
We chilled at the hostel, reading and having some tea as the Sun set. Then we figured that since we still had the car, we might as well try to see the Northern Lights again. We got a pretty good show 45 minutes outside the city: not a bad note to leave on.
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| This place is CRAZY |
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| Oh this is just a wall covered in pictures of women breastfeeding. |
Monday
This morning we woke up at fuck o'clock in the morning and drove to the airport. A decent size line for such an early flight at a small airport, but everything went smoothly, and now we're waiting for our layover flight to London.
Oh! I just remembered my favorite part of Iceland. Sarah and I were driving around by the ocean where we could see some distant snow-capped mountains. Sarah turns to me and asks "Do you think that's Greenland?!" excited as a child who found a free bag of candy. With shame and confusion, I could only whisper "... that's not possible." She realized later that we were looking at some mountains on a distant penninsula of Iceland, thousands of miles away from Greenland. I think she was just really excited about being in Europe.
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