Waking up this morning was a little difficult after last nights hunt for the northern lights. We decided to take things a little easy and opted to take the local bus to a small town called Hafnarfjordur for the afternoon. After walking around the small fishing town we son realised this town was mega sleepy especially in winter so after walking around for 30 minutes we decided to try to get back to the city.
Continuing our lazy day we went to the local swimming pools. The pools were outside but conveniently heated by the natural geothermal water. It’s a very unusual sensation to be shivering on tippy toes in wind chill of -3 then jump into a 38 degree pool that has steam coming off. Standing up for a minute or two, your body soon seemed happy to be emerged in the hot water again. While at the pool we stumbled along light lamps that the Icelanders use to try to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Trying to find food was difficult. Food is really expensive but we ended up in a tapas bar. Susan was a little disgusted when I ordered the Puffin tapas and waved Piwi in my face.