Saturday, September 14

We toured Old Reykjavik today.  It is situated between the sea and a pretty little lake, Tjornin.  The buildings are modest but colorful, in a Scandinavian way.  It was a nice day so we walked around the lake, looking at the sculptures and plants (trees!).

The 871 +/-2 museum ( that's the real name --refers to the year of the first settlers) was excellent. Lots of high tech using holograms and other fancy stuff.

The Hallgrimskirja (church) was built in 1974.  It's striking, immense, can be seen 20 km away.  The inside is puritanically plain but I really liked it.  The 5275-pipe organ is immense and sorta scary looking.

We had a great lunch at Bergsson Mathus.  Seemed to be popular with the locals.  

After getting lost a few times we finally made it home.  J went for a walk as there are miles of trails in the neighborhood.  (we are on the outskirts of the city)

Our landlord's son and wife came over in the evening.  We told them about our trip

on the Ring Road.  They were polite not to laugh at the way we pronounced the towns.  They told us about the geothermal power they all enjoy here.  Their homes all have hot water heat from the geothermal plant.

Here is a picture of the chandelier in our apartment.