{"id":10779,"date":"2021-07-18T17:22:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T22:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=10779"},"modified":"2022-04-01T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T02:45:29","slug":"travelogue-iceland-part-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=10779","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Iceland, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 2021<\/strong>
\nWhere We Stayed: The Grand Hotel Reykjavik, Hotel Vik, Hotel B\u00fa\u00f0ir, Island Apartments Reykjavik<\/em><\/p>\n

DAY 3
\nWe woke up in Vik with the task of driving all the way to the Snaefellsnes peninsula.\u00a0 We made a few stops along the way of course!\u00a0 First being the black sand beach near Vik and Reynisfjara Beach (where surely they filmed some Game of Thrones… right?!).\u00a0 It was so stunning and such an intimidating landscape.\u00a0 One thing to note about Iceland is that unlike the United States, there are not warning signs everywhere you go.\u00a0 No “keep off the rocks” or “dangerous terrain ahead” — nothing like that.\u00a0 It’s like Iceland is saying, “sink or swim, baby.”\u00a0 But we did see an\u00a0enormous<\/em> warning sign at Reynisfjara Beach.\u00a0 Rogue waves crash into the shore and sweep people out to sea.\u00a0 A photo of a person being swept out by a wave was actually posted on the warning sign.\u00a0 So… serious biz.\u00a0 I have a great fear of the ocean as it is, so I really kept my distance here!\u00a0 But oh my goodness, so beautiful.<\/p>\n

After the beach, we made the drive to Budir for the night.\u00a0 Budir is a tiny little “town” consisting of a church and a hotel.\u00a0 That’s it.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 We saw sheep, met a dog in our hotel lobby, and saw the most awesome black church, B\u00fa\u00f0akirkja.\u00a0 Long story short: the church exists because an Icelandic woman, many many many years ago, got fed up with the men in her village. And made badass church magic happen.\u00a0 We roamed around taking photos in the daylight\u00a0<\/em>until well after 11pm.<\/p>\n

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The view from our hotel room in Vik.\u00a0 We could watch the sea birds return to the nests at night.<\/p>\n

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Hotel Budir was so charming — right down to the Nat Geos!<\/p>\n

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The little church outside our window.<\/p>\n

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Photo on the right by Bethany.
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Midnight adventures.
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The land of magic and witches and trolls.<\/p>\n

DAY 4<\/strong>
\nA drive around Snaefellsnes peninsula (with a stop at a church in Ingjaldsh\u00f3ll and the “street art capital of Iceland”\u009d in Hellisandur) then a return trip to Reykjavik where we were met with sunny skies and a much welcomed dinner of unsliced pizza<\/p>\n

Then. The best part of the day. We went to the Lebowski Bar for a few drinks. Minded our own business, enjoyed our White Russians, chatted with the sweetest and most wonderful server ever, marveled at all of the insanely attractive Icelanders walking by”\u00a6 when all of a sudden two employees of the bar throw out a drunk patron”\u00a6who”\u00a6wait for it”\u00a6SHIT HIS PANTS AND FELL ASLEEP ON THE BAR. Drama. DRAMA. The (insanely good looking and physically fit) police showed up. It was WILD. And we had a front row seat to it all because we chose to sit outside in the “cold.”\u009dCheers to that.<\/p>\n

Iceland, you have been wild in every sense of the word
\nPS: That rug really tied the room together.<\/p>\n

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Back in Reykjavik.
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June 2021 Where We Stayed: The Grand Hotel Reykjavik, Hotel Vik, Hotel B\u00fa\u00f0ir, Island Apartments Reykjavik DAY 3 We woke up in Vik with the task of driving all the way to the Snaefellsnes peninsula.\u00a0 We made a few stops…<\/p>\n

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