July 18 – Reykjavik: Given our long, long day yesterday, I slept until about 9:00. Others were up and doing computer and other stuff. I joined in to label images from yesterday. Fun to see how the day progressed. Today we really don’t have an itinerary. We have scoped out most of the areas Jeff wanted to explore and are tired.
Around 11:30 we went into city center to find a place for breakfast. Some restaurants stop breakfast fare at 11:00 but found Café Paris that had lots of stuff on the all-day menu. I had two double espressos and a ham and mushroom omelette. Nice but the eggs Benedict J and D had looked better than my omelette.
Something was going on near City Hall since the street outside was lined with buses, had lots of people in suits or dresses as appropriate, and streets blocked off by police.
We then walked uphill to find a particular yarn shop only to see we’d been by there before on earlier walks. Spent time in the Hallgrimskirkja Church. We had been their briefly earlier, but took the time to shoot exteriors and interiors. Walked way downhill back to car and returned to our abode for a long rest. Starting to assemble things back near suitcases and camera backpacks in anticipation of leaving tomorrow.
Our AirBnB hostess is super. Comes over to check on us and see what we need. Accommodating for things like allowing us in her house to use dryer, had some food for us in fridge when we came, etc. And what we had with two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a living room/kitchen area were just what we needed. It’s a separate building from her house and has a reserved parking spot.
Dinner at 7:00 at Messinn. Really elegant food. Started with beer and a shot of Brennivin. Shared some cured salmon and break. J and D had Plokkfiskur: fish, potatoes, onions and béchamel sauce. Very yummy. I had redfish in a great sauce. Shared chocolate brownie and ice cream.
Shopped a bit after eating and then back home to rest and sleep. Don’t have plans for tomorrow, our last morning. Will use leftover Plokkfiskur in our scrambled eggs, though.
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