Woke up at 8am today. It felt great waking up at that time. Breakfast, coffee, and Futurama. What a great morning! Doing dishes, showering, touring the internet, it was a pretty lazy morning. Today, I decided, I’m going to the Icelandic Phallological Museum. Gathering up my things, I left the house at 11 and made my way there. According to my Aunt and Uncle, it is certainly something to see. And they were not wrong! Over three hundred different specimens, and only one of which was human! It was very educational, fun, and uncomfortable if I had gone there with someone. I spent a solid two hours in there, taking a lot of pictures (won’t be posting most of them here), and taking my time reading all the different newspaper and magazine articles, donation contracts, and there was even a comic book there! I was in no rush that day.
After leaving, I decided to travel North and see what it was like outside of downtown-Reykjavik. It looks just like the block of buildings around the place I’m at right now, but I did find some pretty nice graffiti murals in a construction site. With the morning and early afternoon gone, my breakfast has been digested and my stomach wanted more food. I knew of a place called The English Pub. My tummy decided to go there out of hunger, and I decided to go out of curiosity.
Once arriving there and going through the front doors, I was slapped in the face with the stereotypical English pub motif. Pillar layout, lighting, English beer, Cricket on the TV, even the pathway to the downstairs washrooms was made to look like a subway station in London. I had a pint of the Tuborg Christmas Brew with a cheeseburger and fries. It was alright, it felt like that the atmosphere was the only thing that was going for it. That, and the bartender. ;-)
Right next-door to the pub, they have something like a LCBO. Just like ours back home, it’s about 70% wine, 20% liquor, and 10% beer. None of which are from Canada. Nothing really tickled my fancy at the moment so I didn’t pick up anything. Maybe tomorrow.
With a happy belly that’s working away at the food and beer, I went back to the Tourist Information building, looking to book a boat cruise out into the ocean and see the Northern lights. Alas, they told me that they had to cancel the trips because of it being a cloudy night and a great chance for rain. Saddened, I went to Mokka (the waffle cafe) with head hung low. I bought a cookie and a coffee, sat down, took out my journal and began to write more of my adventures.
10:00 rolled around, I gathered up my things and headed back to my place. Packing needs to be done. Tomorrow is my last day here.