Iceland Smells Like sulfur

Well not the whole country but most of the water does. Luckily it doesn't taste like sulfur. I am afraid no pictures yet. I am in an internet cafe in Reykjavik and the computer is all locked up so I can't use my USB cable to get some photos off it.

Our little odyssey in rural Iceland is over. It was really fun while it lasted. It would be nice to have a rental car for the entire trip, but the cost of the car and gasoline starts to catch up with you. Also, it is almost impossible to get lost on the roads in Iceland, only highway 1 actually goes anywhere, the other roads generally go to a dead end or loop back to highway 1. Getting lost in Europe would be must easier I would assume.

We were running late on returning the rental car two days ago and unfortunately ran into Friday afternoon Reykjavik traffic. We also had one of those terrible free tourist maps that are ok if you are on foot but when driving you sort of need it to be accurate. Anyway when we finally arrived at the rental return centre I took the map from Margaret and promptly crumpled it up, much to her anger as that was our only city map. I felt quite silly and apologized when I had calmed down, I also had to go find another city map so we could figure out where we were going. We are staying at the Salvation Army guest house in downtown Reykjavik. Mostly because the Hostelling International hostel we full when we tried to book it over a month and a half ago. The Salvation Army is quite crafty and puts together this slick little website that tricks you into thinking that it won't be full of weirdos, http://www.guesthouse.is/. It is pretty much how I would imagine staying at the YMCA would be like. Anyway, I will be glad to leave it.

Before getting to Reykjavik we saw humpback whales and dolphins whale watching. Drove on the road to hades, hades being a place called Nordorfjordor. Was actually a beautiful place it was just the road that was horrific, our poor little Toyota Yaris took quite a beating, it took two hours to drive 70 km. Went horse back riding with a bunch of Icelandic teenagers who were our guides and managed not to fall off. Have been going to museums in Reykjavik, museums that we mostly have to ourselves as no one else is really in them for some unknown reason. Off to Copenhagen in two days time.