After a simple breakfast we left the apartment and headed east on Hwy. 1 to Vik. It was raining so we stopped at the Lava Center in Hvolsvollur where we had a tea/coffee, watched a movie about Icelandic volcanoes, and walked through an interpretive center which included a round 360 degree interactive display showing various volcanoes. Very informative. We then went to Seljalandsfoss waterfall where we walked behind it and got a little wet but we were prepared for it. Then down the road to Skogafoss which was very busy so we didn't stay long.
At Vik (southernmost village in Iceland) we had lunch at the Ice Cave restaurant in a shopping center- 2 chicken sandwiches and 2 beers for $64 US! That's how high everything is here. Went to the church on the top of the hill to see the ocean view. I regret not having time to go to Westman Islands to see the puffins which had recently arrived for nesting season.
We then drove to Reykjavik where we checked into the Grand Hotel Reykjavik. Very nice place but 10K from downtown. We decided to eat dinner there rather than lose our parking spot. Kirk had lingcod and I had pan fried trout- both were very good.
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