In Contrast To The Black Volcanic Rock And Cool Grey Wet Sky, The Streets Of Reykjavik Are Quite Colorful

Iceland was a great destination, I only saw the capitol, Reykjavik, and the Blue Lagoon. It would be great to go back and explore the countryside, fjords, glaciers, geysers, and yes, volcanoes. Everyone I spoke to who had done that said it was amazing. Icelandair's policy of allowing free stopovers to or from the US and Europe, combined with their reasonable fares, makes it easy to get there. Be prepared for high prices, though, and rainy cool weather. The airport is about 40 kilometers out of town, there's a great bus transport  system that gets you to the front door of your hotel or guest house, a large bus takes you to the transit center in town, then vans bring the rest of the way through the narrow streets. It's about $30 round trip, and very efficient.  I stayed at a little place called the Aurora Guesthouse that was just fine, about a hundred dollars a night, (bathroom spotlessly clean, down the hall), breakfast included- the fresh crusty bread was delicious( even the French guests, there were quite a few, approved) with cherry jam and local cheese and good hot coffee. I'm glad I had free breakie because every other meal was really expensive, although I did manage to eat well, just not a whole lot. Fish and chips one night for about $20 and lobster soup another for about $30  including a beer. It was a great big bowl of soup and is a local speciality, full of tiny little lobster tails. Mmm!