It just doesn't stop, does it...

Sorry about the delay in the Iceland travelogue, but I was away last week in California. I tell you, the jet lag is messing me up something fierce. I hope to wake up sometime before noon before the month is over. Anyway...on our last day in Iceland, we packed up and sadly left the cottage. Headed to Keflavik and the world famous Blue Lagoon. But on the way, we saw a turn off, and spontaneously decided to investigate.

We were rewarded with a lava tube to explore!


It had collapsed at one end, so it wasn't really viable to explore. But it was very fun to clamber around on the rocks.


After this, we drove a little further west and checked into our hotel, which was right next to the Blue Lagoon.


The buildings with the red roofs are the hotel complex and you can see the geothermal heating plant that is the source of the Blue Lagoon's heat just behind the hotel. Btw, I highly recommend the Northern Light Inn - it's a great place, family-run operation, and the food is super nummy.

Needless to say, we spent the rest of the day in the Blue Lagoon. In all honestly, I wasn't overly impressed with the place. After seeing the fantastic swimming pools in the rest of Iceland, the BL struck me as a real tourist trap. Additionally, the fact that NO ONE (especially the beer swilling pack of Russian men who hogged the entire counter at the swim-up bar) ever got out of the lagoon to go to the bathroom...was seriously icky. And you know that there aren't any chemicals in the water...so... ewwwwww.

The next day, we flew to Germany. But we'll definitely be going back to Iceland someday!