Iceland has started off fabulously. We had a relaxing layover in Toronto on the way, where we got to wine and dine in the Priority Pass lounge, thanks to one of our credit cards. I was pretty intimidated when we first walked in, felt a bit out of place, but we sat down next to a drunken Canadian couple who entertained us with stories of “screech” and travels, and the woman excitedly showed off all her tattoos she’s gotten on her travels, including one that says “Crazy Bitch” on her ankle.
On our flight, I actually slept like a baby for once and arrived in Iceland refreshed and eager to explore (Anthony, not so much). It was beautiful out and sunny, which never happens in Iceland. We set off to Kaffi Vinyl for lunch, a vegan restaurant/vinyl record store combo. They forgot about us which led to us getting some delicious bread and hummus before our meal, and then our actual meals were SO GOOD. I’m sad I’ll likely never get to eat there again.
But then as I was dancing around our little apartment, giddy with excitement, I totally jinxed us. We had a helicopter tour booked as a present to ourselves, and everything was looking great. I was telling Anthony that I didn’t think any of our vacations have ever started off as well as this one – usually I’m tired or something goes wrong or one of us is sick, whatever. And then a minute later, Anthony got a phone call saying the weather took a turn for the worse, and we needed to cancel our helicopter tour. Huge bummer.
So instead, we just went out to wander around Reykjavik. We walked through the downtown streets.
We stopped at Hallgrimskirkja. You can pay to go to the top to get a great view of Reykjavik, but we did that last time and didn’t feel the need to do it again (though I do recommend it).
We wandered over to the harbour and enjoyed a nice stroll along it, stopping here and there to just take it all in and enjoy the crisp air.
For once, we are traveling with other people. My brother and his fiance are in Iceland right now too, so after a grocery stop and a dinner cooked at the apartment, we hung out with them in our common area and took it easy to be well-rested for our long road trip we start tomorrow.