Just next to the church, the The Einar Jónsson Museum has a lovely sculpture garden. We were fortunate to wander the garden and capture a few photos on a sunny morning. Nearby Njarðargata has these wonderful colored houses. The photo here hangs in our apartment.
Icelandic is a very unique language, both to see written and to hear spoken. Umferðarmiðstod means terminal. I’m sure you knew that. But the picture of an airplane helps in case in was just on the tip of your tongue.
At the end of day 3, we ventured down to the Old Harbor section of Reykjavik. We stopped for a hearty stew and brew dinner at a place called Icelandic Fish and Chips. Just as we finished our meal in our cozy window seat, we noticed Reykjavik beginning to glow orange behind us. While our days were mostly overcast and gray so far, it appeared as though a dramatic sunset was in the works. I grabbed my camera and started running through the harbor piers for a view of the sunset. My mad dash was worth it to capture this image of a fiery sky set against a dark docked ship foreground. The ship had a plank extending down to the docks. In my hurried search for this sunset, I found myself a few steps up the plank before I realized boarding without permission, in a foreign country, with a camera, might not end well.
I chased the sunset for a bit longer than I had realized. It had started to rain but that didn’t deter me. I ended up several blocks away, and by the time I returned to the restaurant, it had closed!
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