The Land of Fire & Ice: Our trip to Iceland
SUNDAY, JUNE 7 WOW Airlines: what do I want to say? T he flight attendants are beautiful and wear bright purple 50s suits, there was a mix up with our seats but it got resolved, plane left one hour late and totally no frills including coffee or water! We got a little sleep. Picking up our VW was easy and the car is brand new. We headed into Reykjavik, which is the capitol of Iceland. It was cold, windy and raining but we went into a few shops, had tea, and visited the Hallgrimskirkja Church, which is famous with a statue of Lief Erikson. There was a private something so we couldn't go in but we were able to see inside and were surprised at the lack of ornateness. Hallgrímskirkja If you look closely you can see a statue of Leif Erickson (famous Icelandic explorer) Believe it or not we ate at Ruby Tuesdays mostly because it was next to the apt complex in which we were staying. In any case the salad bar was a bit diffe...