Iceland - The Food Tour

After the nap, we got up and wandered around Reykjavik some more, making our way to a square downtown to meet the tour guide for a walking food tour.

We got there a bit early and got to watch what appeared to be some grooming going on:

Older couple of Muslim guys with a bunch of chav girls.  Very interesitng to observe the goings on, including the girls being given a bottle of vodka, lots of swearing, mainly the f word back and forth and carrying on. Interesting to observe.

Our guide showed up soon after and we joined with 6 other people on the tour.

The guide was both friendly and informative.

We walked by Iceland's parliament building:

 

He gave a quick overview of Iceland's parliamentary history and stated that Iceland's government is one of the least effective around in terms of actually doing things.

He noted, as we walked, that Iceland lacked war memorials to unknown soldiers as it lacks an army Iceland has instead memorialized the unknown bureaucrat:

We then made it to our first stop, IDNO, for a nice start to the tour.

We sampled some Icelandic bread and lamb:

As we sampled the dish, which was great,  we got some more history of Iceland.

Iceland, per the guide, really started prospering during and after World War 2 when the US arrived. He note it has a natural carrying capacity of 40,000-50,000 people, and now with about 400,000 residents is very much dependent on trade and modern technology to grow the food that is needed to sustain people there, including a large number of greenhouses. Iceland also gets 1.7 million tourists visiting per year, and tourism has become its biggest industry, with fishing coming in second.

Then we departed IDNO and headed to a restaurant which offered the greatest food challenge that is posed to a visitor to Iceland.