The Blue Lagoon is the most famous of all the hot springs/geothermal spas in Iceland. People in Iceland love public hot springs. The Blue Lagoon is one of the most famous, supposedly it has healing powers for certain skin diseases, etc. It is also a full service spa with all sorts of in water and private room massages, etc. I was going to be there for about 4 hours, so I decided to get a 1 hour massage in the water. It sounded interesting, but when you are in water for an hour, your masseuse's hands get all prune-y and stuff! So you have these wrinkly hands giving you a massage. On the flip side, you are sitting in a hot lagoon with amazing scenery, but the actual massage was just ok. Next time I'd skip in the water massage, either get one in a spa room, or just hang out in the lagoon sans massage. I had a nice meal at their restaurant, then headed back to the airport.
So there ya have it, my trip in detail. Here are some random thoughts from the trip in general:
- People in Iceland are very nice, approachable in bars, on the street, etc. Never did I feel uncomfortable, you can walk in any area of town and feel safe.
- Shower water smells like Sulfur! Very toxic smelling. But water is safe to drink anywhere, and it really is everywhere!
- Do NOT eat at Pizza Pronto - they are all over, it is microwaved, soggy crappy pizza! I do not say this because I am a NY Pizza snob, I say this to save you a few Krona (Icelandic currency) on your trip, do not stop here!!!!! Find your pizza elsewhere.
- IcelandAir - excellent Airline. On time (even flying in/out of JFK!!), with a very friendly flight crew. All seats of a screen in front of you with movies and tv shows on demand, sure its not live satellite tv, but I found for a 5.5 hr flight it had enough to keep me busy. Icelandair also services 18 destinations in Europe, in the future I could see myself using them to make another pit stop in Iceland for a day or two then heading over to Europe for an extended stay.
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