7-26-2015: Back to Iceland!

Nice flight - no problems, no hassle and entry into Iceland is so nice - everyone heads for the "nothing to declare" exit and they do not even have someone on the "To declare" line - grab the bags and go. And by go I mean to the special treat we (rather Tina) set up for our last day of the trip. We are going to the famous Blue Lagoon of Iceland.

But not the usual Blue Lagoon experience but we are headed to the Blue Lagoon Clinic. The Blue Lagoon was created by excess heated water from the power plant. The hot water is created by pumping glacier water into the earth where magna heats the water to steam that is used to power the electricial power for the City. The still heated water is used to heat the homes and other stuff in the City but they still have excess that was not used. But some smart folks decided to create a lagoon of hot water. A no kidding a lake full of the most beautiful blue hot water. The mud and water (with silica) is famous for making skin happy so everyone in Iceland looks 25. That bring tourists from all over the world and they line up to take part. I bet Tina has a picture!

It can be crowded and we heard from friends a less than satisfying event. So, we slip off to the Clinic that has 15 Rooms and their own Lagoon in the middle of a lava field. It is marvelous and we check in and hit the water around 4.

My, my, my. The water sucks out the stress, sucks out the sore muscles, sucks out the dead skin and sucks out the energy so you cannot move. The magic is apparently also in the mud and they keep a couple of buckets handy for us to use. Slap on the mud on the face and where ever and we stare at each other as if it is perfectly normal.

We have wonderful Aho wine left here for our return and heaven cannot be this good! Somehow we drag ourselves out and walk for 10 minutes on a path to the crowded place where people are packed but we walk past to our reserved table. The food is very, very good but Tina and Clyde can barely get the fork to the mouth but we find our way back to our rooms for a most wonderful sleep.