Hello all! Today we made it to Iceland! The morning/ Brittish part of our day was pretty uneventful. We woke up, got on a train, got to the airport then waited around until our flight left. Unfortunately, our flight was delayed about 50 minutes so we had to wait a bit longer than expected. But that minor inconvenience was made up for once we got on the plane and sat down in first class seats. Yep that's right we are flying first class. Well actually we paid for the upgraded economy class, but since it was full when we booked on our flights we are sitting/flying first class. It was a lovely flight largely thanks to being a big comfy seats.
Anyway we landed in Keflavik around 4:00 pm and after getting the rental car and everything squared away we started heading to Reykjavik. Even on this short drive you can already get a feel for just how different Iceland is from anywhere else, it is barren and just primordial looking. The driving was overall uneventful (despite it being the first time Ben drove a manual in about a year), although he did stall out once... On a flat spot, at a traffic light, in light traffic, after having been driving for 20 miles. But other than that one stall and some rough gear changes everything was pretty smooth sailing.
Once we were checked into our AirBnB in Reykjavik, we set out to find food. Following our hosts recommendation we went to a little fish shack nearby and had some lobster soup. It was delicious, but not very filling. Since we were not full we then went and walked to the best hotdog stand in Reykjavik. It turns out that Bill Clinton thought it was the best hotdog in Reykjavik as well, despite this it was still pretty good. From there we just started to wander the streets and make out way to the big church, Hallgrimskirkja. It was pretty cool to see and going up in the tower led to some nice views. Reykjavik is a town that really just sprawls and it is much bigger than I ever would have thought. See for yourself in some of the pics below.
After the church, we slowly made our way back to our AirBnB stopping for coffee and dessert along the way. It was a weird feeling walking around at 9 at night and it still feeling like day. Which brings me to the title of this post "The long day begins", I chose it because quite literally we will not see night until we are back in the States. So really our whole stay in Iceland is just like one really, really long day. This should be really neat to experience and supposidly on clear days you do get a bit of a sunset that just lasts for like a couple hours, before it starts to rise again. I am excited to see this, though it does mean we will not be seeing the Aurora Borealis on this trip.
Tomorrow we will be picking up our camping gear and heading out into the wilderness of Iceland. I am sure there are going to be many amazing views and great stories. However, that being said I am not sure how strong the data or wifi will be, so I will try to post but I may not be able to post anything until we get back to Reykjavik. So if I miss a couple days I apologize, and just be sure to check back on the 1st. That is all I have for now so all the best and until next time.
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