Iceland, Day 9: Reykjavik

Our last day in Iceland landed us in a city.   Alas,  I am a country mouse.  

One guess how that worked out... 

The Harpa Concert Hall is unique and interesting with over 700 LED lights illuminating the outside of its rather cubic structure. I am totally  convinced that some of the glass architecture could hypnotize you if you stared at it long enough.   Which I didn't, because my head (and heart) were still elsewhere ... in the more remote corners of the country.  

The Hallgrimskirja is a structure with a unique architecture meant to resemble the basalt columns that are scattered throughout Iceland like dandelions in the spring. The church is named after a famous Iceland poet and pastor (Hallgrímur Pétursson) who wrote the Passion Hymns that track the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (which non-coincidentally make them very popular during Lent).   Interestingly, this church is the second tallest man-made structure in Iceland.   

I tried my best to absorb the history behind the church with sincere interest but my mind kept wandering back to basalt columns.  

Moving along.

The fish stew was tasty.  The weather was very nice.  The people seemed friendly. There was lots of shopping.  

But a a country mouse coming off of eight days in the unspoiled wilderness that is Iceland... what can I say?   I wanted to drive away and go stare at some more snow capped mountains, seals, waterfalls, glacier.... anywhere without pavement.  

I know.... Bad attitude.   

And my attitude didn't get any better when I boarded a plane back to the States.  Sigh.