In March 2012, I visited Iceland with my team from work and for our activity day we went to the Blue Lagoon for a swim. It was March and, as illustrated by the photos above, snow blanketed the ground, and it was freezing! The water was lovely and warm, and you’d be fine as long…

The city of Reykjavík as seen from the bell tower of the cathedral there.

One of the many buildings in Reykjavik, Iceland that are battered by the harsh weather there. You wouldn’t know it by looking at the sky here but it was quite cold when I took the photo. I think it was at the end of a short photowalk around the city centre when our fingers were…

A trawler leaves port in Reykjavik, Iceland last year while I was there on a Polldaddy meetup. As you read this now I’m in a much warmer part of the world on another meetup! Iceland was great to visit. It was cold there of course but we weren’t there in the dead of winter so…

A mural in an alleyway in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Birds go in and out of their nest in a house in Reykjavik, Iceland.

A statue of a mother and child stands near where we stayed in Reykjavik, Iceland.

A tree wrapped in a woven covering with the peace sign on it in Reykjavik. Anyone know the story behind it?

There’s rough ground next to the Opera House in Reykjavik, Iceland and what looks like reclaimation efforts nearby. This excavator, shovel and anchor are just left there next to parked cars. The snow covers the dark volcanic earth.

In the window.

Gandhi, an Indian restaurant in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Yellow lighthouses at the mouth of Reykjavik Harbour in Iceland.