Trying Out New Camera
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First Day in Reykjavik
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| Keflavík Airport (tallest trees in Iceland) |
Keflavík Airport | Drive into Reykjavik | Sculptures on the coast | Walking into the center of Reykjavik |
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Food is freakin' expensive (60 kronar to the dollar!) |
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| Walking to Hallgrímskirkja | Gavi trying to look awake after 30 hours of no sleep | Pipe organ in Hallgrímskirkja church (over 5000 pipes) |
Giant topographical map located in Ráðhúsið (Reykjavik City Hall) |
Lee in front of the Tjörnin (the pond in the center of Reykjavik) |
Icelandic goose |
Ráðhúsið in the background, sitting on the Tjörnin |
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| Sleep! |
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| Tjörnin 1 | Tjörnin 2 | Einar Jónsson scultpure 1 | Einar Jónsson scultpure 2 | Ducks on the Tjörnin 1 |
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| Ducks on the Tjörnin 1 | Lee getting sleepy after a vegetarian Icelandic meal |
Second Day in Reykjavik
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| Ancient Icelandic brooches in the National Museum | Öskjuhlíð in the background, where Reykjavik's water supply is stored | Planes fly really really low over Reykjavik | The steeple of Hallgrímskirkja can be seen from almost anywhere in Reykjavik | Ducks give us the traditional Icelandic greeting |
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Yet more ducks on the Tjörnin |
For Gail |
| It's a freakin' polar bear skin! | Grocery store food is yummy |
Blue Lagoon
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| Lava flats surrounding the blue lagoon | Entrance to the blue lagoon | Entrance to the blue lagoon | Pretty, geothermally heated water | The pre-proposal dinner (with the blue lagoon pool in the background) |
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| Lee 1 | Lee 2 | Gavi | Blue lagoon |
Third Day in Reykjavik
Einar Jónsson Sculpture Garden
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| 'Thor Wrestling with Age' | woops, we forgot the name of this one | 'The King of Atlantis' | 'Spring' |
'Fate' |
'Grief' |
'Earth' |
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| 'The End' |
Viðey Island and Harbor
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| Sun-craft sculpture on the harbor | Sun-craft sculpture | Walking to the ferry along the coast | Ring vs. Atlantic Ocean (ring wins) | View of Viðey from across the harbor |
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| View of old schoolhouse on Viðey | Taking the ferry from Sundahöfn | Viðeyjarstofa (oldest stone buliding in Iceland) and the adjacent Viðey church | Excitement over having the entire island to ourselves | Gavi & Lee |
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| Gavi & Lee | View of Reykjavik from Viðey | A wholesome picnic lunch of mushroom cheese-spread with bread, skyr (yum!), dried fish, and the all important caramel chocolate bar | Interior of the church (check for the reflection in Lee's glasses - cool) | Interior of the church (services are apparently still held here) |
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| Viðey | Viðey | Bizarre sculpture on top of Viðey | Reykjavik again | Viðey |
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| Hallgrímskirkja from Viðey | Weird sculpture, again | Viðeyjarstofa and church | Neat black and white birds (we'll try to find out the name) | Birds on the way back to Reykjavik |
Top of Hallgrímskirja Church
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| Bells in the steeple (they are LOUD) | Viðey off in the distance | Cool view of Reykjavik | Bird's eye view of the Einar Jónsson sculpture garden | Lee |
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| Seriously, they rang these while we were up there and it scared the bejeezus out of us | Öskjuhlíð from a distance | The Tjörnin and Ráðhúsið | Goofing around in the elevator |
More Reykjavic
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| Another interior of Hallgrímskirkja - really pretty impressive | Front of Hallgrímskirkja | Statue of Leifr Eiricsson in front of Hallgrímskirkja | Side view of Hallgrímskirkja | Lee having a drink in the 'Ice bar' |
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| Lee in the Ice Bar (kept at -6ºC) | Gavi in the Ice Bar | Unfortunately, the true novelty of this place is the extreme cost | Lee passed out in Iceland | Ring shot |
London
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Jonathan & Lee at the Captain Kidd (very cool pub on the Thames) |
Jonathan, Lee, and Matt |
Jonathan, Lee, and Matt |
| Annabel & Gavi in Canary Wharf (near where Jonathan works) | Gavi & Lee |
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| Dave & Lee | Jonathan & Dave | Gavi, Annabel, and Jonathan | Lee and a very embarrassed Matt | Gavi, Jonathan, and Annabel |
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| Dave making an expression often seen in conjunction with Lee | Dave | Chris and Helen | Jonathan | Hrishi |
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| Jonathan & Lee | Jonathan, Gavi, and Lee | Lee passed out in London |
Chichester
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| Uncle Jeff grilling up a fantastic lunch | Ashley and Jonathan | Andrew, Aunt Betty, Gavi, and Annabel | Ashley destroying Jonathan | The whole family |
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| Hugo and Gavi | Hugo making cute for the camera | Jenni, Andrew, and Aunt Betty | An incredibly serious game of Holland-memory | To end all disputes, Annabel did win this game |
Winnie-the-Pooch, Lee, Gavi, Hugo, Annabel, Jonathan, Jenni, and Aunt Liss |
Lee, Gavi, Annabel, Hugo, Uncle Jeff, Jenni, and Aunt Liss |
Group picture |
Group picture |
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| Chichester crossroads |
Another group picture |
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Chichester Cathedral gargoyle |
| Chichester Cathedral | Chichester Cathedral | Chichester Cathedral |
Brighton
View of Brighton |
Double-fisting |
Sam and Mark |
View of the beach from the pub |
Brighton warf |
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| Cool | Jonathan and Annabel's turn to pass out | Great picture of Jonathan |
Greenwich and the Royal Observatory
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View of Greenwich Park |
Synchronize watches! |
Gavi with the Millenium Dome in the background |
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| Jenni, Jonathan, and Lee in front of the Cutty Sark | Lee and Jonathan trying to look like Doctor Who characters (yeah, they look more like muggers) |
Lee and Jonathan being dorky |
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Greenwich Royal Park, again |
Gavi & Lee |
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| We ARE the prime meridian! | Telescope in Royal Observatory |
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| Placard for telescope |
Jonathan and Gavi Visiting the House of Their Great-Grandfather
Pub where Twonan and Aunt Betty may have gotten beer as little girls |
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Park near great-grandfather's house |
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| Jonathan and Gavi in front of their great-grandfather's house | Jonathan & Gavi | The present-day name of the street |
Wandering Around London
Lee & Jonathan with a view of Big Ben and Parliment |
The Millenium Eye |
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Jonathan taking Lee through Traitor's Gate in the Tower of London |
| Re-creation of The Globe Theater | Lee and Jonathan marveling at the gate in front of The Globe |
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Gavi and Lee spend their last night in London's oldest pub with Simon, Mark, Laura, and Dave |
| Lee standing in front of two medieval sculptures named 'Gin' and 'Beer' |