We slept in! It was almost too long; we had to have breakfast on the run as we walked to the downtown area to start a walking tour with CityWalk. Our guide’s name was Jo. He gave us a great sense of history and culture in Reykjavik and Iceland in general. He also had a great sense of humor, which was good when he kept getting interrupted by loud construction and traffic noises.

That’s Jo giving us a brief history of Iceland while standing in front of the oldest tree in Reykjavik. Iceland doesn’t have many trees, so they’re really proud of the oldest and biggest.

 We grabbed some hot dogs for lunch (they’re really popular in Iceland) and continued wandering on our own. We stopped by Harpa to see the really interesting architecture, then found a cache nearby. Next we walked to the National Museum. Yep, it was a Museum. I guess that’s just not our vacation style as we both agreed to speed through the last third or so. On the way back to our hotel we stopped at Hallgrímskirkja church. It’s quite an impressive concrete building, though really plain. It does have quite a large organ.

Harpa from the outside.

Harpa from the inside.

Hallgrímskirkja from the outside.

Hallgrímskirkja from the inside.

Big organ.

We wrapped up the day with dinner at Argentina Steakhouse. They had an entree with both steak and lamb which we both wanted to try. Luckily we realized we could each order one entree and upgrade a sirloin to a rib eye for less money, so we did that and then split them. The lamb was the clear winner, even for me.