Day 5

Day 5
Today was a beautiful day so we went to the capital, Reykjavik. For a capital city it is suprisingly small but very pretty. We parked on the waterfront and walked up into the town stopping at the cathedral, a monumental concrete structure that was breathtaking in its design.












Inside we found an organ which was a masterpiece of pipework and all the pews could be turned round so you could either face the front and get the sermon, or face the back and listen to this amazing instrument.
















The whole city has a very modern look and feel to it. The view from the waterfront shows a very modern looking city which actually stands on a piece of land with the sea on three sides.











Whilst we were walking down a side street I bumped into an old friend, Noggin. We stopped and had a chat about all the pillaging that had been done and who we were going to invade next but coffee was beckoning so we had to leave him.
















On the sea front was this very artistic representation of a viking longboat. It is made from aluminium section and provides a striking addition to the shore line.

All the time we have been in Iceland we have been without a phone. Our tour operators provided a SIM for us which we could use for our holiday. Unfortunately you need an Icelandic Social Security number to activate it. This has finally been resolved today after many emails back and forth.

It also seems that the mist we had on Monday wasn't mist at all, it was ash!! The owners of the hotel have spent the whole day emptying, cleaning and refilling the pools at the Hotel. This has taken all the hot water so no showers until after 7.00pm when the volcano is due to have boiled another kettle full of water!
This was the pool on Sunday




And this was how it looked this morning as they were emptying it!

We are just off for dinner, Soused Herring I presume!