OMG 35 day 1 and 2

Update, 9/23/12: Now with pictures!

Flight over yesterday was fantastic. If this is how the rich and famous travel by plane, sign me up! With our Economy Comfort tickets (which were essentially Business Class), we got lounge access pre-flight, free wine for the entire flight, and when we dropped the fact to our flight attendant that this is my birthday trip, she gave us the First Class gift bags with refreshing toiletries, socks, eyemasks, candy, and More Wine.

Merrow, demonstrating that the third seat between us is not so much a seat as it is our own personal drinks table.

Announcements in English and Islandic

Moonrise over the Atlantic. Full moon Friday night!

We entertained ourselves with wine, and more wine, and food, and wondering what the story behind the "Happy Marriage Cake" on the menu is, more wine, and Strategery on Merrow's iPad.

World domination is always more fun after a couple of drinks!

Today was a slightly slow start to the morning (see above re: Wine, Too Much), but we rallied by 10ish and wandered around Reykjavik for a while. Weather was overcast, cloudy, foggy, drizzly, and partly sunny - in about the space of 10 minutes time. A quick stop back at the hotel, a little snack of cheese and crackers, and we headed off for our first tour - lava cave exploration!


We wound up in a small tour group of 6 and headed out to some ancient/cooled lava fields about 45 minutes outside of Reykjavik. At some point in time, the lava made tunnels and caves, and we were able to crawl inside for about an hour. We probably walked about 3/4 of a mile total, in a figure 8 pattern. Coolest. Thing. Ever! Fantastic experience.

For dinner we headed to a local bistro where we split an appetizer of traditional Icelandic meats - cured beef, double-smoked lamb, and puffin, all served with blueberries. Puffins are cute - and DELICIOUS.

Now we are getting ready to head off and hopefully see some Northern Lights. Though, doubtful, as it's pretty cloudy right now.

Pictures tomorrow!