The Doorless Elevator

The elevator in our hotel is unlike any I've ever seen. It serves seven floors (0 through 6, with 0 being the basement), and it does not have integral doors. Instead, each floor has a door that interlocks with the elevator so that you can only open it when the elevator is stopped on that floor. Here's what it looks like to travel from the first to the sixth floor:



It's not as strange as the paternoster elevator we rode during our trip to Helsinki for Worldcon 75, but it's still a singular experience for us.

Worldcon Trip Day 7: Third Day in Reykjavik

I ended up sleeping all the way to 11 AM this morning, so breakfast was off the menu, and none of the brunches we looked up sounded appetizing to Lisa. Instead, after I got showered and dressed, I got more fish and chips from across the street. After lunch, Lisa and I went for a walk.

( Parliament Square and Fixing Lisa's Watch )

We took the long way "home," once again walking up the hill to the Hallgrimskirkja. We were planning to get waffles from the Vöffluvagninn, but they were on a break, and the wind that had been blowing strong as we went up the hill was increasing, so we walked back down the hill to the hotel. The rain came up as we got closer to the hotel, but we got back before it got too wet. We stopped at the 10-11 market near the hotel and I got a hot dog and more soda. Lisa initially was also going to get a hot dog, but she started feeling poorly and decided to skip it. We have food in the hotel room if she wanted it.

We initially had plans to meet someone this evening — Kári Tulinius follows me online and by sheer luck recognized me while Lisa and I were walking around, and invited us out for drinks or coffee — but by the time we got back to the hotel it was clear that Lisa's digestion of the fish soup was letting her down. I sent my regrets to Kári and we made an early night of it. We're hopeful that Lisa will be better tomorrow.

Meanwhile, we've had a piece of good news: Our Saga class upgrade on IcelandAir between KEF and LHR has come through. That will make things much easier on Friday.

Tomorrow, we should do laundry. Fortunately, there's a place to do so right across the street from our hotel. And it looks more interesting that most laundromats.