The rest of the day is spent exploring parts of downtown Reykjavik that we have not previously visited. This includes viewing some of the city's many statues and spending time at Volcano House - a building that combines a museum that shows a 1-hour film regarding Iceland's volcanic structure with a fish and chip restaurant where we both have pieces of pollock with our 'crispy potatoes'.

 

(left)

Ingolfur Arnarson - the first permanent settler of Iceland

 

(right)

Solfar (The Sun Voyager)

 

(below)

Whooper Swans

 

(right)

Roots - one of the many statues in Reykjavik by Steinunn Thorainsdottir

Leifur Eriksson - the discoverer of America

Horft Til Hafs (Facing The Sea)

Leifur Eriksson

Our next day is spent exploring some of the south part of Iceland by driving on Route Number 1 towards the town of Vik, seeing some of the island's hardy horses and evidence of the geothermal activity which is even used to heat greenhouses

The highlights of this road trip are two 200-feet high waterfalls:

 

Seljalandsfoss (right)

 

and

 

Skogarfoss (below) which is 82-feet wide and the top of which can be reached by climbing over 450 steps

Our last full day in Iceland is spent having lunch at the Laundromat Cafe in Reykjavik before driving out to the airport. Here, we return the hire car and check-in to the Smari Hotel ready for the next morning's early flight to Birmingham.

 

A wonderful holiday in which the highlights were the successful viewing of the two event that we had principally came to observe. Moreover, the friendliness of the Icelanders, the comfort of our accommodation, the spectacular scenery, and the excellent food, convince us that Iceland deserves to be fully explored on a longer trip in the summertime