Reykjavik Tjörnin, Unknown Bureaucrat

Our walk home from the Hallgrímskirkja was made even more entertaining by an impromptu street concert by a couple of drunk Santas. They were obviously singing songs that the Icelandic members of the crowd knew, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. I didn't quite know what to make of it, but it was fun!

We took a different route by the Tjörnin again, this time to see the ducks and geese there. Because so many people like to feed the 40-50 species of birds that frequent The Pond, the lake is "poetically referred to as 'the biggest bread soup in the world'" (Wikipedia), although city officials have requested that people stop feeding the ducks in order to better protect the ducklings. One corner of the lake is geothermically heated, so it never freezes over (McKelvie and I wondered about that as we walked by, and the Guide to Iceland website just confirmed it for me!)

The Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat always makes me a little sad.Læs mere