I think everyone who goes to Iceland visits the Blue Lagoon and of course we planned to do the same. But fate wanted it differently. Actually it wasn't even fate, it was my stupidity. I had been in charge of booking hotels etc., and we had planned to go to the Blue Lagoon on our last day and spend a nice afternoon/evening there. We had an early flight the next day so I booked somewhere near the airport and the Lagoon. When we arrived after a pretty full day it turned out that I had booked for the previous day and they were full up and could not put us up. So we had to spend a couple of wasted hours trying to find something but to no avail, everything was booked. Finally we came to one place where the guy was so nice and made at least 7 calls to other guesthouses and he found one that was not open yet but the owners agreed to come from Reykjavik and open up for us. So here is the view we had about eleven o'clock at night when we were having our left-over food stuff instead of bathing in the lagoon.
And this is the next morning around six when we left for the airport. No wonder I couldn't sleep the whole time we were in Iceland. The day after we got back we both decided to have a little nap around two in the afternoon and we woke up at eight o'clock at night so I guess we were a little sleep deprived.
I know, I promised to get back about the puffins. They are just so cute and they are Iceland's national emblem. However, less pleasant perhaps is that they are also eaten (not by us). They can be served fried or boiled or smoked and is apparently a great favorite with Icelandic gourmets.
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