Whilst my visitors were here, we also took the chance to explore Reykjavik.
I took them to Nautholsvik beach for a bit of Icelandic sea swimming. The water wasn’t the coldest it can be but probably around 2 degrees. At first, the idea of jumping into icy water seemed thoroughly unappealing but it soon became a challenge and we tried to spend longer in the water every time we went in.
Jumping into the sea was balanced out by sitting in this lovely warm hotpot.
I let my friends do most of the exploring themselves, but of course took them to some important places such as the amazing frozen yoghurt place down the road, Yo Yo, and to the best pick and mix place in Reykjavik for half price sweets on Saturday. We also had a lovely meal out and of course I had to show them the Reykjavik night life.
During this week, I also had a visit from my friend Ava from secondary school, as well as her parents and boyfriend, who were visiting Iceland just for the weekend. It was really lovely to meet them and catch up. It was also one of the strangest days of my life spending time with my friend from secondary school, my friends from Leeds and my friends from all over Europe, whilst in Iceland!
On the day before my Leeds friends flew home, they planned to see the Golden Circle. If you’ve read any of this blog before, you will know that I have seen the Golden Circle more than enough times so I thought I’d send them off by themselves. However, I felt sad not to spend their final day with them so agreed to go along and be a tour guide for my fifth Golden Circle trip. Yep, fifth and final time. I could definitely be paid to give tours by now.
I thought we should do something a bit different on the way home so we went to Hveragerdi and hiked to the hot river of Reykjadalur. It was a fun hike and, apart from a few snowy and muddy patches, reasonably easy.
My friends left early the next morning and it was sad to say goodbye. However, it was great to have them visit and it made me feel excited to go back to Leeds in a few months knowing that I have great friends waiting there for me.
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