Iceland, Day 3

Day three was Thursday and we knew that Len and Sandra had planned that we would have lunch with their relative Jim, so we had the morning to do something. We headed in to the city to walk around but it was still raining and pretty yucky. We just drove around for a while and found a light house and some nice views.


We finally ended up at the Pearl which is a landmark in Iceland.

4 water tanks are joined together with a dome in the center and it has turned into a museum about Iceland and a central lookout point for the city. We headed inside and watched the man-made indoor geysers forever. Noah loved watching them bubble and go off.




We headed up to the viewing deck and got some ice cream and walked around outside on the deck in the rain.


After I had enough rain we headed to have lunch with Jim. He was the most amazing man!!!! He had served in the military when the US had a base in Iceland and he fell in love with Sandra's aunt who recently passed away. He was awesome with Noah and was very patient and kind even though Noah ransacked his house. He kept telling me to relax (and kept offering beer, wine and Icelandic vodka shots) while Noah decided to snuggle up in his bed! I decided it would be best to head outside and play in the yard. It turned out to be the most amazing place... like a botanical garden!!! I told Noah we could stay outside if he would let me take pictures... I got some of my favorites in a long while!





After Jim's we headed to the hotel we were staying at the rest of the trip. It was right next to the airport and Noah was so excited to be able to watch the airplanes from the window. He did this most of the rest of the week!



We returned to Len and Sandra's for dinner and just time to hang out together.