We finally arrived in a big port — Reykjavik. This is a very interesting country. There are no indigenous people on this island. The first settlers were the Norse but there are some documents that say that the Irish had discovered the island before the Norse. They speak the original Norse language so if someone time traveled from 1000 years ago to present day Iceland, they can communicate with modern folks. That’s so cool! Interesting fact, beer was illegal here until 1989. There are no McDonald’s but we saw Pizza Hut, Domino’s, KFC, and Subway.
We visited the Blue Lagoon on day 1. I enjoyed it because it was very warm water and the weather wasn’t great, though we did see the sun. It was very busy but I never felt this was unbearably crowded. There is plenty of room for everyone…except at the walk up bar. I finally had a green juice after weeks of unhealthy foods. They also gave us masks full of nutrients. We were supposed to come out of there 10 years younger. I don’t think it worked for us.
The kids were also a little nervous about the changing room. They were supposed to shower with soap, naked, before entering the pool. The thought of being naked in front of people freaked them out. I’m used to this as I grew up going to public baths. Jayden reported that it wasn’t as bad as she thought.
We then spent the afternoon walking around the center of town looking for wifi to fix Jayden’s phone. So so cute. Justin and I keep commenting on how clean all the cities/towns we visited have been. Most people spoke English very well. Our tour guide was hilarious. “They say we are one of the happiest countries in the world, but that’s crap! With three months of the year without sun it’s really depressing!” He had lines like that all day. “They also say we’re one of the most religious countries in the world, that’s bull shit! We have a lot of churches but they’re all empty unless there’s a special event!” Seriously, it’s the people that really make it fun. General population didn’t seem very happy, though. Just chugging along. The Church of Hallgrimar was amazing. It’s a Lutheran parish church and the largest church in Iceland.
Higman Travels 
Awesome looks like a wonderful place
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This is beautiful, I would love the blue lagoon
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