Saturday, February 9, we toured Reykjavík. Our first stop was Hallgrímskirkja—the Church of Hallgrímur, a 17th-century Icelandic poet and clergyman. The Lutheran church is the second tallest building in Iceland at 244 ft high.

The view from the top was pretty spectacular.

But it was sure cold!

A friend of mine told me that the thrift shops in Iceland are the best place to purchase an authentic Icelandic sweater at a reasonable price, so we headed down to the main shopping street, Laugavegur, in search of a treasure (which I found, but I didn’t take a photo).

Can you tell which one was excited to be shopping and which one wasn’t?

On the way back to the car, we HAD TO stop at Brauð & Co. for some delicious cinnamon rolls.

Our next stop was the frozen Lake Tjörnin.

Fríkirkjan in the background.

There was a warm spring feeding the lake and that is where all of the water fowl congregated.

Carter performed an ice-skating routine for us.

Raine and the swans.

That evening, we celebrated my 40th birthday with crepes!