We Finally Found the Liquor Store!

McKelvie and I enjoyed another day of exploring downtown Reykjavik. We took a different route by Tjörnin and saw a bunch of different statues we hadn't seen before. I'm sure they depict important people or events, but everything was still covered in snow from last night's storm, so we couldn't read any of the plaques. McKelvie thought one looked like a demon wearing a sombrero. It turned out to be an angel carrying a sword.

I absolutely love looking at the architecture and the different murals downtown. We explored streets we hadn't seen before, finding a cute little Christmas shop (Litla Jólabúðin), Reykjavik Raincoats (the message on their door about their hours makes me happy), and Vínbúðin (The Wine Shop), the state-run liquor store. The State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland (ÁTVR) operates 51 Vínbúðin stores and is the "sole legal retail vendor of alcohol in Iceland" (Wikipedia).

We ended today's excursion with calamari and pepperoni pizza at 101 Bistro.Read more