Reykjavik – Hard to spell, easy to love

I pulsed in and out of Reykjavik throughout my month-long sojourn in Iceland.

Inside the church shown above the Icelanders worship their gods.

Most would say that Iceland’s big draw is the wild outdoors, but Reykjavik has a lot to do. We went whale watching and saw loads of humpbacks and dolphins, as well as a flock of hunting puffins (free high school mascot name suggestion right there).

The local specialties in Iceland focus on sheep and fish (ironically, nature’s fiercest rivals in the wild).

There is a punk museum fitted out in an old public restroom (pretty sure they cleaned it during the transition) with a moderately surly punk gatekeeper. He told me the museum would be lame at the time that I was there but I could see it anyway if I wanted.

Iceland is full of volcanoes, one of which we hiked to gaze upon while it erupted – but I also went to the lava experience, where they continually recycle lava from one of Iceland’s biggest volcanoes to give an up close show.

At one point I was taking a flight to another locale in Iceland. The flight was delayed many hours because of fog in the landing sight, so I had a bonus impromptu Reykjavik adventure.

Finally, Iceland’s greatest treasure – the phallological museum.