Reykjavik, Iceland

Iceland…WOW! Let’s start with some basics. We flew WOW Airlines and we were pretty happy with them. Their call center totally blows so if you need to call them, good luck. But you do get what you paid for. We paid for the XXL seats which included one checked bag, one carry on bag, a meal and extra, extra leg room. The only problem was the seats weren’t at all comfortable. But we made it there!

We landed at Keflvik Airport around 11am, collected our rental car via Blue Car Rental and headed for the Blue Lagoon. Our appointment at the lagoon was at 1pm and we arrived around 12:30 but had no issues getting in. Everything at the lagoon works off a wristband you get at check-in; its how you’ll get into your locker and how you’ll get your drinks and silica masks.

The hot water was AMAZING right after our 6-hour flight. We had our drinks, did our silica masks and just relaxed. Before you enter the lagoon you have to shower, and if you plan on getting your hair wet they recommend putting in their leave-in conditioner. Even though I had no intention of getting my hair wet I put in the conditioner anyway, I didn’t want to take the chance of the silica drying out my hair. We were here for probably about an hour (changing and soak time). There wasn’t as many changing rooms as there was showers so after we got out and I showered I snatched a changing room since I pretty much had to unpack and repack all my crap. In the women’s locker room they have blow-dryers, some toiletries and plastic bags available for you to put your wet items in.

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

After our Blue Lagoon soak we arrived at our AirBnB in Reykjavik right at 3pm. I seriously cannot express how amazing our apartment was. It was perfect for the two of us and would have been great even if we had brought the kido along. It was within a five-minute walk from the Sun Voyager sculpture, Hallgrimskirkja Church and Laugavegur Street (lots of shops here).

City views of Reykjavik, Iceland

The first thing we did after dropping our belongings off was go grocery shopping for the week. We bought some of the popular Icelandic yogurt, sandwich makings and some fruit, sweets and drinks. Brought all of those back to the apartment and then headed out to take pictures of the city. We walked to the Sun Voyager, then made our way down the harbor to Harpa and then stopped for dinner at Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur, a hot dog stand made popular by the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton. After that we walked to Eldur og Ís for some ice cream and crepes and stopped in shops along the way.

Hot dogs from Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur and a crepe from Eldur og Ís

We were back at the apartment by 6:30pm and I was in bed by 7pm since we didn’t get any sleep on the plane.

Have you ever been to Iceland?