A day in Reykjavik

Not a very creative title, I know. It's nearly 3 a.m. in Iceland and my brain is wide awake, but not my creativity.

We got into Keflakvik airport very early 6:30. Only a slight hiccup with my card for the rental car, then the GPS got us to our lodging.

Then we were off to the big city. Narrow streets, often paved in cobblestones, reminded me of Rome and Florence, but it was wet like Venice. I felt as lost and disoriented driving as I did inSan Francisco, but eventually we got to our first destination, Hallgrimskirkja.

Which it looks like i am going to have to send a picture of another way. darn tablets.

This church is modeled on the basalt columns so prevalent throughout this island. in stone it is eerily impressive. Inside, a giant pipe organ dominates the rear wall. I had the privilige of hearing the organist practice.

Of course we went to the top of the tower and looked out over all of Reykjavik. It was a pretty windy and rainy day, so we did not see all of Iceland.

The wind, well, did you ever see those weather channel reporters during a hurricane? These sustsined gusts would come up and nearly blow us over. Thus, our whale watching trip was off. Instead we had lunch at a well-reported but not busy restaurant that had fish fixed a dozen ways. Mmm.

More later, tired finally kicked in!