Food and lagoon

Our last full day was spent as it should be: eating and relaxing. We tried to visit 'the lobster soup' place in Stokkseyri, but it was closed, so we went to its rival, Rauða húsið (The Red House) in Eyrarbakki instead. We had some fantastic hommus, very good lobster and bottomless soup (to W's delight).


After finally giving up on the idea of the ski resorts opening, we went to the Blue Lagoon. Despite its obvious pandering to tourists, it is extremely well run and a pretty impressive place. I finally got my massage: you lie on a floating mat with a warm, wet towel draped over you, and while your back is massaged, you can gaze up at the blue sky - absolute bliss! W had scoped out the place, so we visited the 'hot' area, floated among the 'clouds', got pelted / massaged by the waterfall, tried out the steam bath (wet heat) and sauna (dry heat) and put mud on our face to make it silky smooth. Then finished the day with the best fish and chips we've had this side of the world: fresh and crisply battered fish, crunchy potatoes and 8 types of skyrronaise to dip the potatoes in (ranging from curry to basil to wasabi) (see above right).