Day #11 09 June 2016. Got up and had breakfast at

a corner café just down the street from the hotel.

Then to the parking garage to the car for the trip

above, to the Brussels airport. Had to call the

parking garage phone number to find out how to get

out of the garage.

Got to the airport around 9a and

said farewell to the Opal Mokka.

2,461 km = 1,529 miles on this trip

Had a

sandwich and

a “farewell to

Belgium” beer

It’s the better part of

an hour getting from

Keflavik International

Airport to downtown

Reykjavik.

I guess we missed the more scenic parts of

Iceland. Wasn’t much to see on the 45 minute

bus ride.

Started looking a little more interesting closer to town.

Our lodging was on an

upper floor from GEYSIR

women’s clothing shop.

Quite appropriate

to take a selfie

when on an

Icelandic tiny

elevator.

Just a short walk

from our room

was the

Hallgrimskirkja,

the Lutheran

church that

stands 244’ high. The church is

named after the

Icelandic poet and

clergyman Hallgrím

ur Pétursson (1614–

1674). The

designer wanted it

to resemble

the trap

rocks, mountains

and glaciers of

Iceland's

landscape. It took

41 years to build.

1945-1986.

The statue of explorer Leif

Eriksson (c. 970 – c. 1020)

by Alexander Stirling

Calder in front of the

church predates its

construction. It was a gift

from the United States in

honor of the

1930 Alþingi Millennial

Festival, commemorating

the 1000th anniversary of

Iceland's parliament at Þin

gvellir in 930 AD.

Website says: The concert organ is

the largest in the country, and

organists worldwide take pleasure

in playing it and in recording in the

church. Inaugurated in December

1992, it was constructed by

Johannes Klais Organworks in

Bonn, Germany, and has four

manuals and a pedal, 72 stops and

5275 pipes. It is 15 m high and

weighs 25 tonnes. The largest

pipes are 10 m long.

Some

interesting

places in

Reykjavik

This is where we had our official Icelandic beer on the patio and a

good meal. Everything in Iceland is EXPENSIVE!

Official Iceland

beer at 9:55pm

I’m sure there are some stunning vistas like this in

Iceland, but we didn’t see em.

Day #12, 10 June 2016 We got out early so we wouldn’t miss the

shuttle back to the airport for our 10:30ish am flight.

And before you know it we

were on the way back to

JFK in New York.

Celebrating the trip with

our last beer at JFK

airport. Had a couple

hours to kill before flight to

Austin

Homeward

bound

Again we thank our gracious wives for blessing our

guy trips. Costa Rica (country #30) is in store for

2017.

Great Lakes 2008

Northeast 2009

Euro 2010 (Little Circle)

Mid-Atlantic 2011

Scandinavia 2012 (Big Circle)

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South 2014

Out west road trip 2013

San Diego 2015Euro 2015

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