Reykjavik City Hall, Alþingi, & Tjörnin

This afternoon, McKelvie and I took a 25-minute walk to downtown Reykjavik to do a little shopping, specifically for some wool gloves and scarves, as the daily temperature is usually between 20-30° this time of year. McKelvie had gloves and a hat, but they weren't quite doing the job.

The last time I was here, we had rented a car, so we drove everywhere, and finding a place to park was a concern. If I had known that the city centre was such a short walk away, we would NEVER have made that stressful drive, and we would've visited downtown far more often back in August.

The lake near Reykjavik's city hall is called Tjörnin ("The Pond"), and people were literally walking across it as a shortcut to the other side. Parents were teaching their kids how to ice skate. It was so much fun to see!

This time, I got to see the front of City Hall and the Alþingi, which is the Iceland Parliament building. Then we saw the Christmas Market.Read more