The blue lagoon was something we had heard about from the Travel Channel or something, plus they show pictures of it on the T here in Boston in the ads for Icelandair. It's a big cooling pond for a geo-thermal power plant that supplies electricity and heat to Reykjavik, Iceland. The water is over 460F deep in the ground. Here at the blue lagoon, it's a balmy 104. So nice. Check out the crazy characters in the Icelandic alphabet. The second line on the sign is Icelandic for Blue Lagoon. It was like a gigantic hot tub. I would love to come here in the winter and see if I could observe the northern lights while soaking in the lagoon.
View of the Lagoon from the relaxation lounge.
Whoa! What's the Joker doing here?
View of the Lagoon from the relaxation lounge.
Whoa! What's the Joker doing here?
This is Silica on our faces. Supposedly good for Psoriasis and your complexion. Elizabeth says it made us break out. Also, it made her hair feel like straw. Time to head back to Leifur Ericksson Int'l Airport (that's Leif Erickson, the guy who discovered the new world) to hop on over to Copenhagen.
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JB, you'd posted on Copenhaganize that you'd purchased a bike in Denmark and brought it back to the US. Would you mind describing how you did that and whether it was worth the trouble?
KDT,
Yes, Elizabeth bought a Von Backhouse ladies bike. It was nice because we don't have a lot of those type of upright bikes in the US. What she was looking for was: chain guard, internal gear hub, fenders, skirt guard, basket, rear rack. We went to a store with our Danish Friends and found one that was a good fit. The advantage we had was that we got a VAT refund, so the price was 25% off due to that. Our friends also had a 7% frequent shopper discount at this bike store. We were flying on Icelandic Air, and they charged only $56 to transport the bike home. The bike shop dismantled the bike and crated it up for us in a box, so it was easy to bring home. When I got back, it took me about 1 hour to re attach the front wheel, brakes, handlebar and pedals. I would do it again, I'd love to get a Velobris bike for myself, and Elizabeth would like one too. They are actually cheaper over in Denmark, even without the VAT refund than they are in the US. There is a store near my house that used to import them, but has since stopped for some reason (Dutch Bicycle Company, Somerville, MA). So that might be my only way to get one here in the US.
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