Day 3, Part 2 - Solstice Day in the City... Endless Light

We spent the rest of Solstice Day just tooling around the city, taking photos and exploring. Reykjavik is such a colorful city with such warm people.

The view from just down the street of our hotel. Covered by the clouds is Mt. Ejsa, which is the mountain that guards the city.

A quirky street to the sea

Hallgrimskirkja church - the tallest structure in Reykjavik. Awe inspiring to behold. The stature on the right corner is Lief Eriksson, discoverer of North America

Below are various views of the city from the top of the church bell tower:





One thing I go have to mention about being up in the bell tower... As with nearly all church bell towers, this one tolled the time every quarter hour. We reached the bell tower not long after the last one, and quickly forgot that in 15 minutes, it would go off again. So, we're standing up there, innocently taking pictures, when all of a sudden... *GONG!!!! GONG!!!!* HOLY SHIT! Scared the bejezzus out of both of us. The bell was separated from us by only a few inches of wood plank. And even though we KNEW that in 15 minutes it would go off again, nothing could prepare us from being startled our of our skins. It was hysterical... every time.

And now a Solstice Day message from Turg...

Next on our travel adventures... The Golden Circle