title A Trip to Reykjavik, Iceland - 20th April 2017 intro It's nearly Nosher's 50th birthday, so Isobel arranges a trip to Ísland and the city of Reykjavik, whilst the boys are looked after thanks to Sarah and Suey. On our first night in the town, we get a taste of just how eye-wateringly expensive stuff can be - it's something we'd heard about, but nothing quite prepares you for it until you're actually there. imgc5643 The flags are out on the Mall in London imgc5647 Horseguards trot up the Mall imgc5649 Artillery horses wait on Constitution Hill imgc5650 Early spring foliage on Constitution Hill imgc5651 A gun carriage outside Buckingham Palace imgp8492 A wrecked building near Brantham imgp8494 The derelict site is cleared out imgp8495 Graffiti tags on a wrecked building imgp8499 The diggers are in demolishing stuff imgp8500 A cloud of dust as the diggers get to work imgp8511 A big tag on a wall imgc5652 A dude plays a Harmonium on the Tube imgc5653 Paddington is packed with trains imgc5654 Isobel on the Heathrow Express imgc5655 Isobel in Terminal 2 at Heathrow imgc5656 A giant escalator imgc5657 We walk for miles to the gate imgc5658 A BA Airbus A380 imgc5660 Gate B36 is nice and quiet when we get there imgc5661 Some sort of building or re-building occurs imgc5664 A former BA maintenance hangar imgc5665 The plane taxis right past Concorde imgc5668 A view of Iceland from the air imgp8513 It's graffiti Ísland-style, near Keflavik imgp8514 A remote house on the road from Keflavik imgp8516 Isolated house in the volcanic wilderness imgp8517 Reykjavik Excursions bus station imgp8518 Our hotel room imgp8519 There's a regional airport behind the hotel imgp8520 Isobel holds up an £8 glass of beer imgp8521 Abstract painting that we thought Harry could copy imgp8522 These 330ml bottles of beer cost £14.75 a pint imgc5672 Isobel waits at the bus-stop near the hotel imgp8523 There's a lot of street art in Reykjavik imgp8524 Funky many-windowed hotel imgp8525 A view down to Faxaflói bay imgp8526 It snows a bit on Laugavegur imgp8527 An eagle picture imgp8528 Wall art for Reykjavik Chips imgp8529 Godzilla takes on Reykjavik imgp8531 Eagles are clearly popular imgc5673 Isobel and glass of wine in the restaurant imgp8532 Isobel contemplates her £15 open sandwich imgp8537 Outside, it snows for a bit imgp8539 A nice little Icelandic pudding imgp8542 A building on Laugavegur entirely covered in art imgp8543 A graffiti door imgp8544 Isobel looks back imgp8545 Faxaflói Bay imgp8549 Back-street graffiti imgp8552 A curious electrical hut imgp8553 Another Reykjavik street imgp8554 More graffiti imgp8555 Graffiti and wall art imgp8557 We walk back past our earlier restaurant imgp8558 Painted paving imgp8559 Three little birds imgp8560 A first glimpse of Hallgrímskirkja imgp8561 A face on a wall imgp8563 The famous Hallgrímskirkja cathedral in the dusk