Obscure Reykjavík #7

Reykjavík University

Far from the beaten tourist trails (unless you are headed for a swim in the North Atlantic at Nauthólsvík) is the relatively new campus of Reykjavík University.

I had lunch there once with a dear blog-pal where she was a student, still learnng (at 52) and so was I (at 72) The lunch area where we sat had a window that over-looked a café where I had my initial immersion in Icelandic Culture 101. My feelings during that lunch were not of Deja Vu—things have changed a lot in the last 20 years—but this area, south of Öskhulíd and Perlan, holds a warm place in my heart and remains a worthy destination for the ambitious pedestrian: