We took the hotel shuttle at 8:00am on Friday for the airport to catch our 10:15 am flight. It snowed overnight in Denver and the airport was packed! By the time we checked our bags and went through security (TSA pre-check) we only had about 20 minutes before they were boarding our flight to Washington Dulles airport. Crazy!
The flight to DC was SOOOOO COLD that I wore my ski jacket the entire time and was still shivering! With the time change, it was after 3:30 when we landed. We had almost four hours before our flight to Reykjavik, so we checked into the Priority Pass lounge and had some lunch/dinner because IcelandAir does not serve anything. We were hoping we could sleep on the overnight flight, however, none of us were able to sleep much more than an hour! We arrived in Iceland about 6:30 this morning, cleared customs and caught our shuttle to the hotel arriving here about 8:30. It was raining as we landed and has rained off and on all day.
After checking in we had breakfast (since our room was reserved starting on Friday!). We were supposed to have a city tour and Northern Lights tour on Friday, but they were not able to rebook us so we did our own walking tour today.
We headed out toward the waterfront and downtown area. These are some of the sights.
Colorful buildings
We went by the Harpa Concert Hall but my daytime picture didn't turn out, but the nighttime one did. They had a light show going and it was pretty cool to see.
Inside the concert hall this morning we enjoyed seeing the interesting glass designs.
The Sun Voyager Sculpture was created by Jon Gunnar Arnason and is supposed to resemble a Viking long-ship.
We had some nice views along the waterfront - and yes, we had a brief moment of sun!
On our way to Hallgrimskirkja we traveled on the rainbow sidewalk. We stopped and looked at some of the shops along the way.
Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and among the tallest structures in the country. We visited it when we were here in 2019 but stopped in again today. It was raining when we were her in 2019, too!
We meandered back to our hotel for a rest before heading out this afternoon to see the Perlan Museum. WOW! It was pretty awesome. They have an ice cave we were able to go in, a great video about the aurora borealis, a lava video, and exhibits about the flora and fauna in Iceland. We spent almost 3 hours looking around.
Isn't this a great shot of the Northern Lights?
I wish I could say that we saw them, but we didn't! This picture was in the video at the museum. Tobey and I went up to the observation deck and had some nice views out over the city while Wendy looked at some of the other exhibits.
For dinner we took a taxi to the Sea Barron Tavern. It was $20 for about a 2 mile ride! The food was pretty good, but the portions were fairly small. Tobey and I shared a shrimp kabob, veggie kabob and lobster soup with bread. The lobster soup was the best.
After dinner we walked back to the hotel along the waterfront most of the way. Fortunately, the rain had stopped and we were able to enjoy the walk better than earlier in the day.
Like the sailors in the statue, we stopped and looked out at the water hoping to see the northern lights, but did not have any luck. Maybe tomorrow ...
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