Water three ways
Our second day in Reykjavik, we planned water three ways: an early boat trip to see Puffins, a drive out to Skogafoss (waterfall), and then ending with a lovely soak at the Blue Lagoon. We walked to the harbor and quickly found our operator, Special Tours, and noted that the ocean was moderately rough--which made my rising at 6 am to motion sickness patch up a wise move. Our guide shared that by later in the day, the seas would be very rough, so our timing was good. As was the weather--another bright, warm Icelandic summer day. So we set sail for Puffin Island--and puffins or no puffins, look at these gorgeous blues, that sky and ocean! My goal this trip was to hug a puffin--a girl can dream. And, this dream was destined to be unrealized, since, oddly enough, they don't let tourists run around the islands chasing puffins to force hugs on them. But, we did get to see puffins. On the less populated first island, we saw these little guys grabbing some sun--and a few more...