Finally arrived in Reykjavic today! The flight was kinda rough and even though I drank the dream water I only got maybe an hour of sleep on the plane. The flight was delayed a little more than an hour so we didn't land until about 9:30 am. Getting through customs was the fastest I've ever seen and Jake was already at the airport waiting for us to get in.
We left the airport and headed directly to the blue lagoon. The blue lagoon is a hot spring/spa and is one the the 25 wonders of the world. Unfortunately all the pictures I have of the lagoon are on my camera (since its waterproof), so check Facebook for them once I get back. The blue lagoon was awesome, it was like a giant pool sized hot tub. There was also a suana, steam room, and this stuff called silica mud that you put on your face which supposedly makes your skin nicer. The lagoon definitely hit the spot after a long day of travel.
We left the blue lagoon around 12 and headed towards Reykjavic (about an hour drive). Reykjavic is the most populated city in Iceland where just over a third of the population lives, however it is a relatively tiny city compared to most in the U.S. With only 120,000 residents. On the way to our hostel we picked up some sandwiches from the local grocery store which were nothing to write about.
After checking into our hostel we walked around then city. The first stop was the solfar statue.
It's a pretty cool statue, located in the waterfront, that looks like a Viking ship. Next stop we visited was Hallgrímskirkja church. Don't ask me how to pronounce that because I have absolutely no idea (most Icelandic words, street names, etc look like jibberish and I fail miserably trying to pronounce them!).
As far as churches go this one was pretty interesting. We were able to go up to the top and get some good views of the city.
Afterwards we walked around exploring some of the local shops and ending up near the city center. By this point I was running on 2 hours of sleep and beyond exhausted so we walked back to the hostel and took a little 2 hour nap. We got back up around 7pm and decided to grab some dinner at a nearby pizza place. One of Jakes good friends from high school happened to be in Iceland also so we met them for dinner. The pizza was pretty good, I had something similar to a BBQ chicken pizza. One thing about Iceland is the food prices are super expensive and you don't get much for it, I think the pizza cost me around $20 USD!
After dinner we all went on a "bar crawl" which we ended up only going to two bars.
The first bar we went to was called skuli bar and had mostly craft beers. The second bar was actually a coffee shop on the first floor and a bar in the basement. They both had really a good atmosphere. At this point it was around midnight (even though it was still bright outside) and we were all about to pass out from lack of sleep. We made our way back to the hostel and quickly passed out.
...I wish I could end there but at around 3:30 am we all woke up because of one of the guys in our 10 bed room was snoring ridiculously loud! Jake tried shaking him and yelling at him to wake him up, none of which worked haha. It was at least an hour before the guy finally stopped and thankfully I was able to fall back to sleep.
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