Hello Iceland

Once I was done with the Camino, it was time to start heading back towards DC via another country. So I squinted my eyes a whole bunch and decided that Iceland, a place I’ve always wanted to go, was between Spain & the US.

But Iceland could not be more different than Spain!

• From warm & sunny → Grey & cold

• A language I sorta understand → Viking talk

• $8-15 dorm beds/$4-5 beers/$5-10 restaurant meals → $30-40 dorm beds/$10-15 beers/$20-40 restaurant meals

• Dark-haired, dark-eyed locals → Vikings

I think the big church in Reykjavik, Hallgrimskirkja, perfectly encapsulates the difference:

It dominates the town just like Cathedrals in Spain, but look at this spaceship!

The inside is as drastically different as the outside:

The differences are fantastic – I love it here (well, not the prices).