Iceland - Postcards from Reykjavik

So this is my last Iceland post, I promise - but I still had a few bits and pieces to share that didn't fit in anywhere else!

The ride into Reykjavik from the airport is the first taste of the country for most visitors, so it's handy that it's quite pretty! 

My favourite thing about Iceland is the colours - I could have spent hours admiring the silver blue of the sea at dusk.

(And in fact I may have, as it was getting decidedly dark by the time we moved on!)

You can find sculptures dotted all around Reykjavik, but few as well known as The Sun Voyager - Jon Gunnar Arnason's striking steel dreamboat is a well loved landmark on the coastal road. 

Tjornin lake is a lovely peaceful little spot in the city, and is frequented by up to 50 different species of bird. 

Snow was sparse in the city but I was glad to have found some on our night time Northern Lights hunt - the sound of fresh snow crunching underfoot is one of the best sounds! No lights for us though!

The Icelandic explorer Leifur Eiriksson, proudly displayed just in front of the rather striking Hallgrimskirkja church (and just over the road from our hotel. 

 

I love these two fishermen buddies, looking out to sea.

Reykjavik is home to some amazing street art and it'd be easy to dedicate a whole post to the paintings and murals round on the walls around the city...

...even if some of it was a little creepy.

We popped into the Icelandic Phallological museum,.. a unique museum dedicated to, and displaying specimens of, the phallus. They proudly display a specimens from every kind of mammal found in Iceland. Yes, including human. It's every bit as sexy as you might imagine (ie not at all) 

I'd love to pretend I didn't just steal all Jess Glitterbat's suggestions on where to eat in Reykjavik,... but I did. Reykjavik chips was a belter though, fresh hot chips served with a variety of sauces. I don't think I'd have ordered the peanut satay if it wasn't recommended to be but it was wonderful! 

I already mentioned the colours in Iceland, those winter blue-greys are soothing to my soul, but I love the pink morning skies!