Padinago's trip to Iceland in 2023

Day 01 - Arriving in Keflavik and driving to Reykjavik

We land at the Keflavik airport and we go to get our rental car. Finding the car on the parking lot (in the rain) is a hell! There are simply no signs. Patrick asks a bus driver where the signs are, and he answers ‘we are not into signs’.
We find our car, a KIA Sorento (Diesel), and drive to our hotel in Reykjavik (in the rain).
Finding the hotel is not an easy task and parking our car neither. We park a few streets from the hotel and need to carry our luggage (in the rain).
Dinner at Rossopomodoro, a pizza Sorentina for Patrick and a penne polo pomodoro for Nathalie, and afterwards a chocolate moelleux for Nathalie.
We made a short walk (in the rain) to Hallgrimskirkja (a Luthera parish church. At 74.5 metres tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and among the tallest structures in the country. Known for its distinctively curved spire and side wings, it has been described as having become an important symbol for Iceland's national identity since its completion in 1986. The church is named after the Icelandic poet and cleric Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1674), author of the Passion Hymns and the 'Sun Voyager' (Icelandic: Sólfar, a striking sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnasonand) and then an early sleep.

A rainy day on Reykjanesbraut In front of the 'Sun Voyager' sculpture on the 'Sculpture and Shore Walk' Hallgrimskirkja on Eiriksgata A nice couple at Hallgrimskirkja on Eiriksgata

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