As we promised ourselves, this was going to be a chill out day so we went to the Blue Lagoon. This is a must do on an Iceland trip. Sea water spilling in then volcanically heated and drifting around large pools forming a pastel blue shade from all the silica in the water. Add thousands of wallowing humans, a bar and day spa and it feels like several relaxing hours floating as part of a human soup. This is exactly what Chris and I did. Pre shower after getting int...

Today, after a morning running around west London looking at parks and palaces we flew to Reykjavik in Iceland. The Arctic blast Adele told us about was still here. The flight was a bit bouncy and we sat next to a French lady who hated all that sunshine interrupting her movie so she closed the blind and we had no view. Good luck getting out went you need a pee sweetheart. After landing with empty bladders and no blood clots, we strolled through the less than b...

We arrived in London. I was amazed at the knowledge that Rod has about this country. The hostel was great and the weather is cooler then Sydney. The transport was so efficient and I saw so much in just two days. We walked all over London before meeting Rod's friend Adele for dinner at the Olde Thameside Inn. We saw Big Ben, Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament buildings. We walked up Whitehall past where the Prime Minister lives to Trafalgar Square. S...

Day 2 in London. We have the morning here and then a flight to Reykjavik in Iceland. So in continuum with the tradition of the running tour, I have half a day to show Chris the rest of London. Tube into Victoria and leave the bigger bags at the station. Then walk to Buckingham Palace via Grosvenor Place and the Royal Mews. Many touristy happy snaps, but we saved our dignity and did not get a photo with a Bobby. We'll save our dignity for Santa in Finland. But we ...

Well this was the first real traveler day. We landed at London Heathrow from Qatar at 1:15pm. Crawled through the customs lines and collected our bags which had been scanned underground. Then with little delay we made our way down to the Piccadilly Line on the Tube to catch the train into Earl's Court station. The tube looked like St James station in Sydney. It has the same yellow tiled walls and dirty cement pillars holding it all up. Bit of a let down for th...