Short, Sweet, and Sleep Deprived in Reykjavík

One thing that we’ve discovered about Iceland is that it smells amazing. Everywhere. Every street in the city smelled like bakery, delicious restaurant food, flowers, or some other exotic sweet smelling goodness.

We didn’t do much in Reykjavík. But we did do the most important thing: eat a hot dog from Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur (City’s Best Hot Dog). Thank you Haraldur for the inside scoop!

And we also went to the local grocery chain, Bonus, to get food for the rest of our week here. As you probably know, Iceland is quite costly. So we brought breakfast and snacks from home, and bought ingredients for lunches of pb & j and dinner of meat and cheese sandwiches. Plus dessert of orange chocolate. The camper van company also didn’t save a stove for us…so we’re having all cold meals :)


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