Now I don' t know really what Reykjavikians do or even if they call themselves Reykjavikians but English is widely spoken and the people seem very friendly. Some teenage boys passed us and said "welcome to Iceland". Presumably they meant it.
The morning was spent in a presentation by an Icelandic professor talking about guess what... A lot of the geology- apparently Iceland is on the mid-Atlantic rift (and that' s not Europe being unhappy with North America) although the tectonic plates are splitting apart,the active volcanoes, the glaciers, and the pronunciation of place names. The latter sounds like people coughing. Anyway some of this info will come up after we do our Great Circle Tour on Sunday and we go to the Blue Lagoon on Monday.
So this afternoon we took a shuttle bus into town and wandered around.
Pictured are me before we left the ship with some properly dressed Canadian friends Geoff, Bert, and Alan . Also two shots of Deen, one with her new Viking friend, and Abra in her new Icelandic hat. BTW there are 143 Canadians on board.
The houses are very colourful and ,aside from the church shown below, there are no highrises in town.
This is one of the famous churches in Reykjavik called Hallesgrimmkirkja. But it is stunning. Outside is a statue dedicated to Leif Ericcson , a son of Iceland who discovered North America long before Columbus.
This picture includes another colorful building, some steam outlets in the centre of town, the local version of Ottawa's Bank St.,and the stunning opera house.
We wandered about and I purchased a 2013 Calendar of Iceland and a t-shirt that says " eg tala ekki islensku". This apparently means " I don't speak Icelandic" but could also mean "another idiotic tourist in Iceland".
Lots of other interesting stories to tell but they will have to wait for another day.
From RCD's iPad
Location:Reykjavikur,Island
What do you call 143 Canadians gathered in one spot?
ReplyDeleteNunavut.
Bad, I know. :)