Ducks in the pond next to city hall

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Topographical map of Iceland in City Hall

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Lutheran church

Seats 600
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Hemas

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Johanne the leader of the Independence movement

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Iceland's main square

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Iceland's Parliament

Oldest active Parliament in the world. formed in 930.
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Our guide explaining the history of Reykjavík

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Reykjavík bike tours

My bike and our guide.
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Biking tour around Reykjavík

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Returning the car

We are returning it one day early to get credit - at $250 a day, it sure isn't chump change!
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Back in Reykjavík

We are back at our home base in Reykjavik after an awesome time in
Skaftafell and with the dogs near Vik today. We stopped in Vik on the
way to shop for some sweaters and other wool products. The verdict on
Vik is that it's in a totally beautiful place... but, in terms of
services it leaves much to be desired. The best food option seems to
be the restaurant at the gas station, which was actually surprisingly
decent, but not much to write home about. The look of the Hotel Puffin
additionally made us really happy that we opted not to stay there.

Something TO write home about is the food at Ban Thai in Reykjavik. It
was all really authentic stuff, and the owner came out and gave us
recommendations. The Tom Yum soup was delicious! We might actually eat
here again before we leave. The only downside was the very slow
service - they seemed totally understaffed.

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More gratuitous dog photos

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Back in Reykjavík

Having dinner at BanThai, an authentic Thai restaurant in Iceland
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Thirsty!

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They aren't so much tired as hot

They can work in temps of -50 deg F to 50 deg F, with optimum being -10 deg. These are dogs from Greenland, though they look like huskies.
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Back from the ride, the dogs get water and praise

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Dogs taking us across the beach

So amazing! Usually they do this on the glacier ice, but since there is ash from the volcanos, they can't do their usual routes.
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Dogsledding in Iceland

We booked with dogsledding.is and they were great. They brought a yellow wagon/trolley for 4 people which the pack of 10 dogs pulled easily.
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So we have a bit of backlog on the dogsledding

Here is when we first pulled up
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Dog fur - they shed a lot!

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More doggies

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david and his peeps

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Dog trolley

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Dogs drinking after our ride

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Lunch in Vík

We are eating at a restaurant attached to a gas station which is really popular with both locals and tourists.
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More Icelandic soup

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driving by some basalt formations

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Myah by the bridge that was bent by the 96 eruption beneath the vatnajokull glacier

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Bye bye glacier guides!

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Back at the visitors center for a quick coffee

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A sheep joins us on our journey

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Vatnajökull glacier

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Fueling up

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Leaving the hotel =(

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One last look at the mountains

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Eugene climbing

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Crampons..how you hike on a glacier

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Outside our hotel

It's finally sunny today! We're driving back to Reykjavik after our expedition yesterday. We'll be stopping near Vik to do some dog sledding on the black sand beaches, which sounds like soooooo much fun!
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View from our room

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