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Glimpses

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As I have already indicated, Iceland has amazing diversity in its geography, but it is also diverse in many other ways, too.

Reykjavik’s Rainbow Street, with the famous Hallgrímskirkja (Church of Hallgrimur) in the background.
Surprise! Iceland has swans. We saw many of them, even in very northern locations.
Icelanders love their coffee and there are eclectic and comfortable cafés everywhere. The coffee is also excellent.
A row of colourful houses in downtown Reykjavik.
The Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat by Magnús Tómasson is famous in Iceland. The bureaucrat’s head and torso have been replaced by a chunk of volcanic basalt. Is it a tribute or is it satire?

Happy Wednesday.

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  3. Reykjavik is a wonderful compact city to wander in. There is so much to see and do and you are right, it is very diverse. Did you go up the tower in Hallgrímskirkja? Some great views from up there. Happy Wednesday Lynette. Allan

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    1. Thank you very much, Allan. It definitely is. I spent the turn of the millennium in Reykjavik and did a lot of wandering at that time, too. It was great to be able to stop for coffee or hot chocolate to warm up at every second block! We didn’t go up in the Hallgrímskirkja tower although we should have. It wound up being one of those things that we just didn’t get to, unfortunately. Cheers.

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    1. Thanks, Linda. We have literally experienced both the good and the bad. Today we drove through a snowstorm in the north and ended up in the south with sunny skies and 12C. Even the weather is a model of Icelandic diversity!

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