Well, already our month in Ireland has come to a close and yesterday we arrived in yet another, but for more remote, island in the north Atlantic ocean...Iceland! Riley had Sigur Ros on his ipod while landing at Keflavik, fittingly. It was sunny and beautiful when we arrived last night (sadly I fell asleep around 6pm and didn't get up till this morning) but today we got some real Iceland weather...it went from sunny to pouring rain and back again three times! We suited up in some Iceland wool gloves and umbrellas and went about exploring Reykjavik. It is a lovely town, at 150,000 people it's hard to call it a city despite having half the entire population of Iceland. The entire city is surround by snow capped mountains and water. Tomorrow we're off on an Icelandic horse trip and Sunday we plan to sit in the Blue Lagoon (geothermal hotsprings) for most of the day. For now...here is some of Reykjavik.
Riley, hot spring, the Perlan...an interesting building with a restaurant, cafe, viewing deck and I think no other purpose.
Me and my high heels hanging out at the hot spring...the warmth felt nice.
Small plane landing at Reykjavik regional airport...just the kind of plane I was happy not to be on.
Riley at the top of the....Perlan!
The Perlan
Riley, Reykjavik, rain.
Dead fish chillin'
Don't I look so Scandinavian? The mountains are nice too.
Results of protests in Iceland...those Icelandic people are so violent.
Parliament building.
Thought I'd take a swim with the duckies.
Thumbs up to Icelandic flags and Iceland's parliament.
A statue of Leif Ericsson given to Iceland by...America (during the great depression no less) to celebrate the 1000 year anniversary of a parliament in Iceland...that's a long time.
Typical Reykjavik street with lovely mountain scenery.
Hoppin' downtown Reykjavik.
Riley, hot spring, the Perlan...an interesting building with a restaurant, cafe, viewing deck and I think no other purpose.
Me and my high heels hanging out at the hot spring...the warmth felt nice.
Small plane landing at Reykjavik regional airport...just the kind of plane I was happy not to be on.
Riley at the top of the....Perlan!
The Perlan
Riley, Reykjavik, rain.
Dead fish chillin'
Don't I look so Scandinavian? The mountains are nice too. 
Results of protests in Iceland...those Icelandic people are so violent.
Parliament building. 
Thought I'd take a swim with the duckies.
Thumbs up to Icelandic flags and Iceland's parliament.
A statue of Leif Ericsson given to Iceland by...America (during the great depression no less) to celebrate the 1000 year anniversary of a parliament in Iceland...that's a long time.
Typical Reykjavik street with lovely mountain scenery.
Hoppin' downtown Reykjavik.
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