Today is the first morning in Iceland. After yesterday’s exciting spotting of the Northern lights , its good to be able to sleep in longer and take a leisurely breakfast. I’m already curious about Icelandic breakfast.

Its Continental style breakfast but obvious with tuna salads and also fresh herring is offered.

After breakfast , its time to stroll around Reykjavik for a look around before making way to the harbour.

Laugavegur

Is the longest shopping street in Reykjavik. On both sides are both shops and restaurants, I looked with interest on the high prices here and wonder how tourists do here in terms of spending.

Hallgrímskirkja Church

This is an imposing figure of a church , you can see it from everywhere in Rejkyavik. Once you enter it, it looks very basic and clean, somehow fitting for this place. Very unlike the heavily adorned churches in central Europe. In the middle of the church courtyard stands a statue of Leifur Eiríksson a Viking hero believed to have discovered America before Columbus did.

After that, we went down to the old harbour to board the bus which will bring us to try to catch sight of some whales. The old harbour was an awesome sight to behold.

Luckily could wait out the time before boarding the bus at a nice coffee shop sipping hot chai latte.

We drove for almost an hour before boarding the whale watching board. Firstly was adorning the pullovers that was offered. Glad I did otherwise it would not be possible to stand the icy wind up on deck.

We sailed for a hour with different birds flying along in accompaniment. So unbelievably graceful as they dive into the water to catch fish.

Its a lucky thing the lady gave us free sea sick tablets because the boat was riding hard on the stormy waves. Then all of a sudden humpback whales were spotted. And I forgot how cold I was when trying to catch a glimpse of them. They made a surface appearance before diving down for food. It was incredible to see these big mammals, up close and personal. They didnt seem too bothered by the boat as they surfaced rather close by.

On the sail back I started to get a bit sick. Maybe brought on by seeing a lady hurl her food out on front of me ! I had to keep eyes on the horizon and managed to make it all the way back to the hotel.

After that the wind was unbearable, strong almost stormy and artic cold as we walk the streets in search of dinner. There was a bistro selling Thai food which went for a reasonable price of about 16 Euros for a curry dish.

After a satisfying hot meal, couldnt wait to get home and rest before the next round of adventures.

-End of Day 4-