Arrival

Arrived on schedule into Keflavik Airport - getting onto the Airport link bus after midnight, and while not light, it was a long way off completely dark. I was a bit confused about the geography, since I thought the road from Keflavik to Reykjavik ran west to east, until I realised that of course, what light there was would be from the north, over the pole.

Tuesday: After a late breakfast it was time to explore a little. A bit grey and drizzly in Reykjavik. Interesting city, not exactly like anywhere we've been before, but quite European in some ways. Certainly, there were some familiar names in the main shopping street, and a lot of local ones too. The Settlement Exhibition was very interesting - the remains of a Viking longhouse preserved in its original location, which is now below street level in downtown Reykjavik.

One thing I was looking forward to was seeing the Hallgrimskirkja in real life, but unfortunately the tower is surrounded by scaffolding at the moment.

We ate this evening at the Cafe Paris. Seems to be quite a popular place, not least because of the fairly reasonable prices by local standards. Looking at menus outside restaurants as we passed, it appears you can spending anything from 1500 ISK for a main course, up to 4000 - 5000 ISK at the other end of the market.

The provincial airport at Reykjakvik seems fairly busy, judging by the planes coming in over the city during the day (including one military-looking plane this evening that seemed alarmingly low). Early night tonight - up for a 7:30 flight to Höfn. We showed our ignorance by pronouncing it "Hoffen" when ordering the taxi - apparently it is something more like "Hurth")