I arrived at Keflavik airport this morning about 6:30 a.m.  By the time I first went through a security screening, which was a bit odd as we had been through the usual one in Edmonton, had our passports stamped, picked up our bags and made it to the bus to downtown it was about 8:00 a.m.  Keflavik is a 45 minute bus ride from Reyjkavik and Icelandair makes it easy to use the bus service as they sell the tickets on the flight over and you can be dropped off right at your hotel for a slight additional fee.

My first thought when I saw the scenery was this is like Siberia, no trees and moss and some grasses.  This time of year the snow is all gone but the grass is still yellowy, waiting for some warmer weather to green up. The land is lumpy volcanic rock, I took this picture from the bus, not great quality but it gives you an idea of the terrain.

I booked into the Best Western in downtown Reyjkavik and was very fortunate that my room was ready for my arrival.  I went to their breakfast room and had some great toast and then to bed for 4 hours thinking that if I slept any longer I would have trouble sleeping tonight. I took a walk along the main shopping street, looked in a few stores, had a yummy croissant and saw lots of teenagers dressed as teen age mutant ninga turtles and other creatures. I have no idea what that was about, hopefully the front desk reception will be able to tell me. I visited the penis museum, it would have been a lot more fun if I was with someone else and we could have giggled at the size of some of the penises, they did have a human one there but mostly whale penises.  I came back to the room and had another nap and I will soon go to supper. There is a 6 hour time change I want to try and get on this time as quickly as I can

I take a bus first thing in the morning to Blondous, it will take me 4 hours to get there and someone is supposed to meet me at the N1 gas station. So my adventure continues and hopefully later tomorrow I will make a bit of felt although it is a National holiday and there may be some activities to partake in.