We had a late start today. With the ship scheduled to dock at 10 am, we decided to venture out into town after lunch. Turned out to be a miscalculation. The ship arrived earlier and when we eventually got into town, it started raining. We should have gone in the morning...
We were at the northern part of Iceland today but I was surprised to learn that Iceland is not all that cold, not even as cold as Toronto in the winter. The ship's information says it will be 4 to 6 degrees with sun/cloud/rain. So it is a day of cold everything. We did get all of that but only a tiny bit of sun and a fair bit of rain. We still had breakfast at more and less the regular time and spent the morning walking and playing games. The games were nothing at all but we managed to win an id badge, a couple of hats and a mouse pad which we have given away promptly. Who is still using mouse pad these days?
The day got better when our friends unexpectedly received their luggage from Heathrow. That was a BIG win! Really did not expect British Airways would pick up the itinerary of the ship and send the luggage forward. Funny that the first thing we saw about the city is the runway jutting out into the lake. Just didn't make the connection of what it can do for us.
When we were in town, we took a Free City Bus with the longest route so we can see more of the city. Like every city bus in the world, it took us to many of the nondescript, normal areas. This one started downtown, went through industrial areas and many residential neighbourhoods. We were on a loop covering most of the length of the city. It was quite interesting although not overly exciting. There are many more townhouse type clusters than single family homes that we are used to in North America. Many of them are modular blocks with flat roofs which I found a little surprising. Isn't there a lot of snow in this area? Will find that out when I have internet again.
We stopped back in downtown, visited the church that sits prominently above the city and the main tourist strip with shops. We would have been more adventurous if not for the rain dampening the spirit.
All in all, it is a nice simple day spent with friends, once again with plenty of food. We might regret the food part but that is for later.
Black Jack!
Waiting for the bus in the rain
There he is again
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