Last day in Iceland, last day of our adventure and it's my birthday. To celebrate we went to the Blue Lagoon.
Yes it is touristy, yes it is expensive, but it is worth a visit. Even Jason, who is not a spa person enjoyed it. It is not cheap if you only visit for an hour or two, so we stayed for five!
It is not a swimming pool but you can do a little. Most people are just hanging out and taking it all in. You walk around (carefully) to find the little pockets of cold, warm and hot water. You apply silica mud to your face, visit the sauna, or such. The time flew by and then we had dinner at the on-site restaurant Lava.
The history of the Blue Lagoon is very interesting, a lot of people think it just happened in nature and Iceland is capitalizing on it. If you visit the Blue Lagoon website, they tell you that it "was accidentally formed in 1976 during operation at the nearby geothermal power plant. In the years that followed, people began bathe in the unique water and apply the silica mud to their skin. Those with psoriasis noticed an incredible improvement in their condition." As such, people kept going! What an interesting history!
Of course, we had to check it out and see what it could do for our skin. It was a wonderful day.
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~ Christine
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