We visited a very cool thermo powered tomato farm where the tomato soup was amazing. People there were very friendly though slightly cultish. It was freezing that day so soup was very appreciated.
Every site we visited, every national park, every geyser, every lagoon, every museum, there was a cafe and a gift shop. The same mediocre food, the same overpriced merch from fur coats to puffin fridge magnets ($16.00) popped up at every stop. The country is designed to squeeze as much $ out of tourists as possible...in a very courteous way. Tom said, Iceland's motto should be: "Shop here and if you have time, see our country." And don't get me started on the Blue Lagoon. But it is beautiful.
The last meal we had in Iceland was due to a misunderstanding. We asked the young man at our hotel where we might find a restaurant with vegetarian options (they didn't know from vegan) and he recommended "Vegemot." I think he was confused because the restaurant was on Vegemotastigur St. But was not vegetarian...at all. We had faux ethnic food which was pretty bad and pretty expensive.
The drinks however were amazing! Which almost made up for the bad food...almost. I discovered my new favorite drink there but alas, it's Swedish and probably impossible to find in the good old USA.
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