We arrived in Reykjavik late on a Friday night so of course the first thing to do was to head out on the town. It was strange to say the least seeing everyone coming and going from the pubs and clubs under the muted rays of the midnight sun. We decided to follow all the hungry locals and visited "Bæjarins beztu pylsur" for Iceland's (and perhaps the world's) best hot dogs. American style food has replaced the traditional Icelandic foods such as seared sheep's head and rotten shark and you can now grab truck stop burgers and hot dogs just about everywhere.A trip to Reykjavik is not complete without visiting the touristy but still breathtaking Blue Lagoon. This health spa is essentially the run off from the nearby nuclear power station. Blue/green algae colours the thermal waters and the silica mud is supposedly therapeutic. It's all good fun though and rightly one of the most visited places in the country (situated as it is halfway between the airport and the city).
We also managed to do some Icelandic horse riding and spotted a few Minke wales (most of them in the water and not on the table).
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