{"id":2857,"date":"2015-03-07T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2019-08-27T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T16:22:57","slug":"iceland-day-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=2857","title":{"rendered":"Iceland Day 13: All Hail the Hot Dog King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iceland Trip 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nAz5RVpo4Eo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>compilation video of our entire Iceland trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On our last full day in Iceland, we canceled our northern lights jeep tour &#8211; so all we had scheduled was a set of reservations at the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lagoon_%28geothermal_spa%29\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Lagoon<\/a>. Before that, we wandered around central Reyjkavik taking pictures and eating at the famous hot dog stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rkqFgy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7617\/16628747410_d361fb6b44_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5356\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/qEZkFU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8641\/16193776894_7af7912259_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5372\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>I&#8217;ve eaten at the same restaurant as Bill Clinton, have you?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rkpNf3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8577\/16628575758_42ccf6717b_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5375\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rkxoae\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7654\/16630055639_fc21f3cff7_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5457\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On our way to the Blue Lagoon, we visited the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perlan\" target=\"_blank\">Perlan<\/a> building for some shots over Reykjavik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/riEVQ4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7284\/16608894967_830bc70fa3_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5503\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rBTUyh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8748\/16815124072_6943a81fe8_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5581\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The lagoon neighborhood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We stayed at the blue lagoon for about three hours. During that time we endured at least three different hail storms. Sometimes the hail pelting us was as big as peas and we had to turn our faces to the water and cover our heads with our hands. \u00a0When the sun set behind the hills and another vicious hail storm started we knew it was time to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rkqqiq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8705\/16628697058_3d3ecd9cfe_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5619\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On our way back we stopped at KFC (terrible in Iceland, the Colonel would NOT be proud) and then the Perlan building again to take pictures of the city at night\u2026 before another hailstorm forced us inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rBU7d8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7586\/16815163271_0f4e643df2_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC5631\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our last full day in Iceland, we canceled our northern lights jeep tour &#8211; so all we had scheduled was a set of reservations at the Blue Lagoon. Before that, we wandered around central Reyjkavik taking pictures and eating at the famous hot dog stand. On our way to the Blue Lagoon, we visited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4506,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions\/4506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}