The Big Trip-Paris, Africa, London: Weather People Can be Wrong-Thank God!

The forcast for Reykjavik for today was heavy rain. It turned out partly sunny and it was a relativiely mid day. Remember, I said relatively- about 55 degrees. Since it was nice I headed back up to the big church on the hill. You can go up to the top and et a panoramic view of Reykjavik. It was really beautiful.

Since the weather had improved, I decided to take a whale watch. It left for the harbor at 12:55 and it was a 3 hour tour. You will be happy to know that the ship was not the Minnow. It went about an hour out of hte harbor and we started seeing dolphins, porpoises and minke whales. It was a pretty good cruise but it did get cold up on deck. Towards the end of an hour of whale viewing, mist and fog came rolling in and the boat headed back in a hurry before we began calling the first mate, Gilligan.

Now the rain had arrive but not torrential. I was still able to walk around and see the Parliament building and the original Cathedral of Reykjavik. Although the Vikings were here 1000 years ago, there buildings begin in the mid 1800's.

I just came from a thermal hot bath. It was 104 degrees. Very Relaxing! It really turned out to be a nice day. The sunset was beautiful. (Of course, I left my camera in my room.) Well there is always tomorrow night. The forecast for tomorrow is a good one. I have a tour of some of the natural features in the country. Hopefull some good pictures will result.