Without a doubt, the Blue Lagoon, is Iceland's #1 attraction. Everyone goes. Since I am doing nothing out of the ordinary these days (which is nice), I thought I'd share some intricacies of this very unique place...so without further adoooo:1. Should you be willing to attempt a few words in Icelandic, you can get in for 60% off. This was about the scariest thing I've attempted, but was successful, and boy-oh-boy did it feel good. I would not have known about this Icelandic quirk--it's in no guidebook, nor are the prices posted at the lagoon itself, but was told by a couple of guys on the hockey team to give it a try. I mentioned the 'locals price' thing to my Icelandic teacher, Hrefna, and she was rather shocked/embarrassed that I'd found out. She thinks it doesn't reflect too well on the country. I figure it's fair enough--Icelanders can go to a local pool 15 times for the regular price of entering the Blaa Lonid, as they call it. With the 60% discount, it makes it more palatable for them to make the drive, as it is 35 minutes outside of Reykjavik;
2. There is, somewhere around the lagoon, a Geo-cache. I didn't know what that was, but I guess it's like a game you play with a GPS device, to find the cache, leave your name, remove a token (keychain or nick-knack), and put something else in. Like hide & seek for grown-ups with GPS devices. I've not taken a look for the cache, as I do not have a GPS device, of course;
3. I think these sun-chairs are the most relaxing part of a very relaxing place. It's easy to fall asleep here, and it's not a place many people seem to come to; 4. Not too far from the Blue Lagoon, there was an earthquake last night. A mere 3.1 on the Richter scale...but kind of scary, because it came from Katla, the most-active volcano on the island.
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