{"id":204,"date":"2012-10-19T19:12:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T23:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.andrewu.net\/?p=204"},"modified":"2012-10-19T19:39:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T23:39:19","slug":"europe-2012-day-02-iceland-02-oct-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travel.andrewu.net\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Europe 2012: Day 02 (Iceland 02): Oct 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

After sleeping about 4 hours I couldn’t sleep anymore. Woke up around 9 EST, 1am whatever our current timezone is… And back to sleep to wake up for 8ish.<\/p>\n

So our excursion this morning was to hike within the Sn\u00e6fellsjokull National Park. We picked out a couple hiking trails and went on our way. Heh, I’m not sure what else I can say about them… It was a good hike, nice scenic views and a cool waterfall. From one angle the mountain top looked like a natural coliseum or castle top and the frozen waterfall created the moat. Refreshing. Hiked to Rau\u00f0h\u00f3ll, Klukkufoss waterfall, and.. around.<\/p>\n

After walking, jumping, and hiking for about 4 hours it was time to go! Back to Reykjavik. 3 hour drive… Ugh. Apparently the underground tunnel we drove through yesterday is actually going underwater… According to Karen. Aaaaaaaand then I got a ticket. Speeding. *sigh… Clocked at 118 on these stupid empty roads marked 90. I guess that’s fine. I was going 134 earlier that ride. Oops? Yea. Expensive. Don’t speed in Iceland. Was cheaper speeding in New Zealand. At least I was able to pay immediately and saved 25% – -;… Ugh. Wanna guess how much? 37,500kr with the ‘discount’ from 50,000kr. *sigh<\/p>\n

Back through the underwater tunnel. Everyone’s awake this time. 6km.<\/p>\n

Arrived at the hostel around 6, “Our house”. Interesting decor. Dinner time! Headed to Kaffi Loki, named after the Nordic god, close to our hostel. Nice place w good photos for their menu \ud83d\ude1b Trying some Icelandic dishes, sheep-head jelly, shark meat, rye bread ice cream… Not bad. Meh.. The shark meat tasted quite familiar. Strong aftertaste. The rye bread ice cream was pretty good though.<\/p>\n

Walked around a bit afterwards, found some random Asian food places. Noodle bar, sushi, Vietnamese… Hm. Ended up in a small dessert place and had some hot Nutella chocolate \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Tomorrow Hannah will be joining us and we will be exploring the city during the day… I think. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

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Klukkufoss Waterfall’s freezing water, Hreggnasi (Klukkufoss flowing around it), somewhere around Klukkofoss and Hreggnasi (can you see Michelle and Karen :P?), Sunset driving back to Reykjavik, Rye Bread Ice Cream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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