The Big Trip-Paris, Africa, London: Hertford, Herreford and Reykjavik

Well, I am in Reykjavik, Iceland tonight. It is about 50 degrees and raining. It was dark by 10:00 PM- so much for the Midnight Sun!
I got out of London without a hitch other than the usual delays on the Piccadilly Line. Yesterday we went to have lunch in Hertford (pronouced Hartford) with some friends that Baljeet went to school with. We went to the Hertford Hotel and we ate in the garden. The service was so bad that they finally took 50% off the bill. Otherwise, it was a very nice afternoon. Hertford was a very old town. There was a Pilgrim statue of a Samuel Stone, who they claim founded Hartford, Connecticut. There is a castle there, which is really a manor house and we get to walk around the grounds. It was a warm, sunny day and the town was nice.
On to Iceland and a new time zone! I have a really nice little apartment right on the main street. I feel like I am in an IKEA catalogue. I spent the rest of the afternoon walking around Reykjavik. It really is a village. The whole country has about 300,000 people. The streets are narrow and everything is very close together. Every store sells winter clothes. There is also a pretty harbor and I hope to take a whale watching cruise tomorrow-weather permitting.
Things are very expensive here. Food especially is outrageous but I went to a very nice place tonight and, although expensive it was very good. I had a window seat overlooking a sculpture of am man hanging his head. I must have watched at least 20 people take their picture with the statue- some comforting him and some mimicing. It was pretty entertaining.
Homes here are ery nordic looking. I really thought it would be more modern. They are made of corragated metal, painted nice colors. As there are no trees here, there is very little wooden constrution and few flower gardens.
Tomorrow I will spend a day in the city and go for a geothermal bath. Until then. So Long!