The Blue Lagoon - Day 4

25 February 2016

 A lazy morning walk to the sculpture park, located on the last remaining natural coastline within Rekavik. It is suppose to be a small beach bird haven with grasses and shrubs, but for February it was keeping in tune with the grey blue color theme.

We headed out to the peninsula west of Reykjavik and got caught in a white out with snow and rain blowing sideways across the road limiting visibility to just a few meters at times. We stopped suddenly as we passed this grouping of hotpools.

Icy wooden walkways led us past boiling pools and plopping mud. With the rain and wind getting worse, we only stopped for a few minutes and ran back to the car.

 After warming up with lobster bisque in small seaside Grindevik we continued on to the famed Blue Lagoon.

 The Blue Lagoon is considered (by them) one of the 25 wonders of the world. Wth a surface temperature of 100F the water brings up silica that turns the water a milky blue and is suppose to be good for you if you smear it all over your face.
With little nooks and crannies along the edges of the pool to explore, it was easy to spend a couple hours floating with hundreds of other people bobbing aroud and taking selfies. There were steamrooms and saunas but the currents of extra hot water that would surround you from time to time were delicious.

After covering myself in the white mud several times I decided it was time to extricate myself from the best bath I'd ever had. The silica dries out your hair and turns silver black but a heavy dose of conditioner and a little time and I was back to my normal self.

Back in the capital we finished out the night with an American theme; dinner at Chuck Norris restaurant and a quick stop at the Big Lebowski bar.