Onto the ship

Yesterday, Reykjavik had its summer - warm, sunny, no wind. Yesterday, summer finished. Today, it is doona-with-sleeves weather.
We went up the tower of the (Lutheran) church yesterday morning and got a great view of the city. About 150,000 live in the city with another 100,000 in the surrounds.
We rocked up to the ship in the afternoon. I must admit I wondered whether we had checked into a floating aged care facility. We went along to a briefing on excursions, and a clear message was that you would only spend 45 minutes at a time on a bus. I reckon this took account of the bladder capacity of most of the clientele. All seems pretty good on the ship so far.
We stayed overnight at port and went on an excursion this morning around Reykjavik. We spent the most time at the Arbaer Open Air Museum, where we took in the cold and a series of buildings transported from other times and places, including some turf houses and a wooden church. We got off in the centre of town, where I encountered the impossible task of persuading Sue to go to the Penis Museum.Read more