Helsinki (Finland) to Reykjavík (Iceland)
Staying at an airport hotel really makes a difference when you need to be up at 5am, and we were quite surprised that the airport was so busy so early. The flight to Reykjavík was almost 4 hours but with the time difference we arrived at 8.30am.
The cool air was a bit of a shock after leaving 27 yesterday, it really wasn’t that cold, but as Iceland was just a "maybe" when we had left home we hadn't brought much cold weather gear with us. The wind was really strong, and we were warned at the car rental to be careful opening the car doors as the wind could snap them right off - not sure if this was meant to be a joke, he sounded serious though.
The international airport is about 45 minutes from the city so we decided to stop along the way for a coffee, only to discover most places, including shops in large shopping centres, didn’t open until 11am, fortunately we did find a coffee place that was open.
We drove around the harbour edge in Reykjavik, visited a few spots including an old lighthouse, as well as the local "beach" and thermal baths, where there were quite a few people, but we decided not to join them.
We knew that Iceland was expensive but were still a little surprised to pay AU$25 for 2 small coffees and a scone. Next stop was the supermarket, time to stop eating out and do more self catering. With the weather so cold and windy at least we didn't feel like we were missing anything by staying at home.
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