Art and penises and pools

 It's been a good day, my day on my own in Reykjavik to explore, but it was cold this morning and I was glad to have my gloves, scarf and hat and double layer on my lower half! People were scraping their windshields and walking felt a bit slippery.

I went to the nearby art museum. For the 2500 kroner admission you get in to the other two museums. The first one is named for the artist who donated his art, Jóhannes Kjarvel. I liked the art better by the guest artist, Gudjón Ketilsson. He called it Jaeja (pronounced like Yay Yay, I think) which means:

His art was pretty amazing! Here is just a little.

I walked to the other art museum near the harbor, the Hafnarhús. There was a lot of art inspired by concerns about climate change, some from Portland.

Then I finally did what I have told others to do! Yes, I went to the penis museum, actually called the Icelandic Phallological Museum. Be glad you didn't go, it was pretty stupid. Admission was $17.50. And there were so many spelling mistakes!

Ever wondered how big the penis of a killer whale is?

How about a giraffe?

How about Jimi Hendrix?

Next I ate at a Scandinavian restaurant.  For an open faced sandwich, a beer and a piece of chocolate cake it cost me $38! Everything is so expensive here!

Except the free public pool (free to those over 67)! I went again. It really isn't cheap for anyone else unless you buy a bunch of visits. I talked to a nice woman from Alaska exactly my age who is here working for a few months, a Native American/Norwegian retired professor from Petersburg. 

I looked at the pool's website and they had a funny spelling mistake:

Can you claim to be a non-sinner?

Before the pool I took the elevator up the Hallgrims church (1000 krona for seniors...it's 142 krona=$1 so again, not cheap). A tourist told me there was a volcano visible that was erupting but he didn't really know.

The erupting volcano, perhaps?

Tonight I am going on a cruise to see the Northern Lights. Fingers crossed!