Before writing about our second day in Reykjavik, I think I need to correct something about our first day, specifically the brunch that Lisa and I had that morning. In yesterday's entry, I accidentally said that the buffet cost of 4900 kr was about $71. I've now corrected that. It was 4900 kr
per person, and the total 9800 kr for two people was $71. The per-person cost was about $35.50. Iceland is expensive, but it is not
that expensive!
This morning, we decided to try the breakfast buffet at Slippbarinn, which cost about the same as what we paid at Apotek. Slippbarinn's breakfast showed up on several "best breakfasts in Reykjavik" lists. Don't believe them. Both Lisa and found it very underwhelming and we both wished we'd gone back to Apotek.
Rather than continuing on to our next planned stop, we went back to the hotel, in an attempt to walk off that heavy breakfast that did not sit well on either of our stomachs.
( Photos from Reykjavik )After the museum, we had a look at Eyesland, an optician. On our previous trip, Lisa spotted some frames that she thought suited her, but they couldn't fill the prescription she has because it wasn't single vision. She got a separate prescription for just this reason, but unfortunately they don't carry the frames anymore, and she can't remember that exact model of frames. Our local opticians in the Reno area don't have anything that suits her, either, and almost all frames they carry are made in China anyway. Eyesland has frames from other such as Austria and Italy, not exclusively made in China and hiding behind a "Designed in [country]" label.
We then went over to the DIY place (BYKO) where we've been buying heavy work gloves every few years as we pass through. Unfortunately, they've also gone over to the dark side, and all of the heavy work gloves they had are Chinese-made. Oh, well, I guess I'll have to keep trying to mend the ones I have from previous trips. It's surprising to me how difficult it is to get heavy gloves for hauling firewood and doing heavy yard work.
The next store over sold computers and appliances. I got a wired mouse. While the wireless mouse I bought in Denver worked, it seems to misbehave a bit, and so I decided to go ahead and get a wired one.
After finding the Kronan grocery store not having the things we wanted, we went to Bonus, which is smaller but had most of what we wanted to buy. There we bought some food to keep in our room refrigerator, allowing us to take light dinners to go with the big breakfasts and medium lunches we've been trying to do while here. While queuing to check out at Bonus, Lisa asked the local woman in line behind us her opinion of Kronan versus Bonus. She said Kronan was certainly bigger, but Bonus is friendlier.
Loaded down with groceries in my tote bag, we returned to the hotel, unloaded everything, and decided what to do for lunch.
( A Few More Pictures )We slowly made our way back down the hill by a different route and through some streets that we do not remember from our previous trips. It's possible that there's just been enough turnover in businesses that they look different.
Stopping at the small 24-hour grocery near our hotel, we got things that we'd forgotten on our larger grocery run earlier today. I bought a hot dog from them as well: 790 kr / $5.70. It was pretty good, too.
Then we went back to the hotel. Both of us were really tired, but Lisa more so that me. My pedometer shows 15,500 steps today, and I know I'm feeling it in my feet and legs. It has been too hot back at home to keep putting in lots of walking. I hope my feet toughen up a bit by the time we get to Glasgow. In the meantime, I plan to take advantage of our lovely bathtub and the hot mineral water tonight before getting some well-earned sleep.
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