A day in the life at Reykjavik

Thanks to my new friend and colleague, Soffia, I spent a "day in the life" of a local person with a few tourist moments.  We started the day at her downtown city center apartment for coffee and a traditional breakfast including cheese, salmon, brown flatfread, creamy butter and a fig pie. Everything was so fresh and tasty. In Iceland, foods are natural....really natural, no meddling Monsanto and other food companies who sell poison disguised as food. No wonder Icelanders are so healthy, they eat REAL food.

We stopped at the city location where Soffia voted in a municipal election. The votes are recorded on paper ballots and hand-counted.

We stopped at the famous Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral, highest point in the city. In front of the Cathedral is a statue of Leif Erikson, however the figure you see in the photo is me, freezing.

Soffia's friend, Aegir, drove us out into the mountains to the Hellisheioi Geothermal Power Plant that produces electricity and hot water for Reykjavik and other cities using a fully clean production system. The technology is designed to take advantage of the abounding geothermal energy from ancient, and presently quiet, volcanos. The center is a scale model of the plant in midst of mountains.

Coffee is everywhere, even the power plant. Look at this lovely serving.

Many thanks to Aegir, a capable snowy road driver, who is also a poet. Here is his poetry book:

All together, a delightful day with new friends. Soffia and Aegir and gracious hosts. Driving back to my apartment, I saw the Peace Light which Yoko Ono built to honor John Lennon. She obviously had to travel far to find a peaceful location and Iceland is indeed the right spot.