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Got a ride down to the Twin Cities--thanks, Julia--and worked at airport for a while since my flight didn't leave for another 6 hours. Got bored with the coffee and Humphrey terminal so I took the light rail over to the Lindbergh terminal for a beer.
Flight was OK and the little baby girl next to me was quite good. Only problem was that I'd only had 2 hours of sleep with final trip prep and the plane wasn't very conducive to sleep, so....I got into Keflavik at 6h35 with about 4 hours of sleep in the previous 48. Did finally sleep on bus to Reykjavik, which was good because I had to walk around the city.
Dropped my bag of at the Hótel Leifur Eríksson
and they kindly let me have breakfast even though I wasn't checked in yet.
Walked across the street for the Hallgrímskirkja. There's a group of organ recitals coming up so I hope to attend one performance.
Grabbed a coffee at Kaffitár and read (Kaffitár's the red place on the left),
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did some strolling and decided to read in the park overlooking the harbor.
On the far right there are kids playing in the playground. 2 things to love: 1) they ALL where refelctive construction vests so that they're more easily seen and 2) the kerchiefs on the little girls heads. Here's a better shot from when they were leaving:
You're right. It's not the park in Morris, but that's the friggin' point. I'm not at all displeased to be missing the talent show. Last week the singing was so off key I had to put music on in the house to cover it up so I could keep my windows open.
It's wonderful to be here, but I must say that it's a little disheartening to see the city quite so dirty. It wasn't like this last year. Paper plowing around, beer bottles and full cups of beer on the sidewalks--I expected this on the weekend, since Reykjavik is definitely a work your butt off and party hard kinda place, but it was midweek!
Came back and slept--I know, I know, not the best thing but I was wiped out. Here are some other shots of the city:
I just loved the look of this space, the kayaks, clock, flowers, headboard, sky lights as I went down Frakkastígur:
Here's a look down Skólavörðustígur with the bay in the background:
and one down Laugavegur:
And finally, through a window that needs some cleaning...
2 AM in Reykjavik on 24 June 2010:
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