Landed to what appeared would be a pretty rainy day. Took a taxi to my hotel and took a nap (sitting in the very last seat of the plane, right by the bathroom, with no leg room = no sleep).
I woke up to find the rain had stopped, the clouds parted, and the sun was out.
So I decided to walk to the human made geo thermal beach nearby. I purposely chose this hotel due to its proximity to the regional airport (not Keflavík) which I will fly out of tomorrow and due to its proximity to this beach.
Since coming in 2005, I have had the opportunity to see a lot of Iceland (particularly since my first time here, we accidentally drove around the whole island because we started off in the wrong direction on the ring road).
Knowing I would only have a bit of time today to get out and about in Reykjavik, I wanted to see something new.
Nautholsvik Geothermal beach was just the place.
I set off down the path from the hotel, and not too far in, I see trees!
No maybe you are thinking, “so what? Why is it exciting to see trees?”
Trees were very unexpected.
For years I have repeated the phrase, “if you are lost in an Icelandic forest, stand up”.
Now I am not saying what I strolled through today was a large enough forest to get lost in because I don’t think it was. But it was definitely a forest of full sized trees in Iceland!
Quite lovely!
And out of the forest lies the beach, which was an equally unique and lovely place.
Ahhh, Iceland! You never disappoint!
Amy Oswalt 