Two Fabulous Days in Reykjavik!

Today we arrive in Reykjavik, Iceland (June 22).  We will be spending the next day and a half here, leaving around noon tomorrow (June 23).

I have arranged a private tour for our group with Icelimo Luxury Travel (check out their Facebook page).  Excited to see Ryan again from Icelimo as we used the company last year and they were awesome!  We are cleared to get off the ship at 9:15 a.m. and sure enough, Ryan is waiting our arrival with our own private vehicle for our group.

Our personal tour guide for the day is Omar.  He has lived in Iceland his whole life and is married and has three children.  His days consist of taking care of his company and spending time with his family.  He said he doesn’t drive for these tours often, but we are the lucky ones to have gotten him today.  In fact he has all his camera equipment with him and is taking pictures of us the whole tour.  He is going to send them to me for our use.  Can't wait to see them.  He even has a drone and takes pictures of our group from the air.

Jamie and Q enjoying their seats in the Mercedes Benz luxury van we are riding in.

We are going on the “Secret Golden Circle Tour” and Omar is actually reversing the order of our tour so we can miss all the other tourists at the sites we will be visiting.  We start on a road that has very little traffic all the way to our first stop where we spend as much time as we want exploring and hiking.

Next we are off to the lake, formed by the volcanic eruptions in Iceland.  The name is: Gestastofa where the American and Europe tectonic plates have separated

In the background of this picture with Jamie and Q you can see the separation of the tectonic plates between the two continents.

We see some owls on our journey

Next we head for lunch at an all organic farm for hamburgers and ice cream.  And then we feed some Icelandic Horses apples we have brought from the ship.

Then it is off to Geysisstofa Geysir and some more hiking

There she blows:

Next off to Gullfoss

Now we are off to a Secret Lagoon and Omar is able to get us some local strawberries, cucumber and tomatoes to try from one of his local farmer friends.

Thanks Omar for a great day and night!

 These strawberries were delicious.  Best I've had in a long time.

Then believe it or not it is after 8:30 at night so we are headed back to the ship.  We take the long journey back arriving about 10:15 and it is still so light outside it feels like the middle of the day.  We head up on deck for a couple quick slices of pizza before heading back to the room.

We have an early morning (7 a.m. excursion) to the Blue Lagoon with Disney in the morning.

So Goodnight from the Disney Magic….

Day 2 in Reykjavik we are up at 6:30 a.m. to meet our excursion going to the Blue Lagoon.  There are about 5 or 6 buses headed out.  It is an hour ride to the Lagoon and then we get to spend about 2 hours at the Lagoon before coming back to the ship.  The water feels great and we all spread mud on our faces and enjoy the water.  I used an aloe mask on my face and keep it on for about 20 minutes.  They say it takes 10 years off you and your skin will be soft.  They are right about the skin being so soft.

We get back to the ship around 11:30.  All aboard is 12:15 and we actually have lots waiting to get on so we are late leaving.  We eat a quick lunch and then there is a 2 p.m. matinee showing of Finding Dory.  After Finding Dory we are off to play Bingo and then before you know it, it is time again for dinner.

The shows in the Walt Disney Theater tonight are Finding Dory, so instead of a repeat performance, we are off to explore the ship and then decide to call it a night.

So this is pretty cool. Captain Andy says that one day each year if you are in the right position (we are crossing the Arctic Circle tonight) that the sun never sets and there is 24 hours of daylight. Well, tonight is the night and the Disney Magic is making her way from Reykjavik Iceland to our next port of Akureyri, Iceland and we get to experience 24 hours of sunlight. Yippee!

Next up is Akureyri, Iceland.

So goodnight from the Disney Magic!