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 ( Read more... )

This was our final full day here in Iceland, and essentially the final day of the "vacation" part of the trip, as the remaining days are travel to get home, with two stopovers scheduled. Knowing our limitations, we scheduled nothing today, set no alarm, and stuck to Reykjavik.

( Althing Gardens )

Today was an unstructured day exploring Reykjavik. We had no idea what we would find.

( Surprising Ourselves )