Getting to the monument itself wasn't difficult, just a short walk from the main Reykjavík downtown area. There was an odd looking ship restoration (or maybe just a junk yard) area right next to the monument that made me question whether we were in the right place, we were. The monument itself was rather small - I was expecting it to be bigger, but it was still awesome.
Pretty much as soon as we got there I went about finding both of my character names. Not an easy task even when the name finder tells you which tile you should be looking at! I did find them though.
I was quite happy to find out that one of my characters, Necrocia was right next to the famous Chribba! So cool!
After spending maybe 20 minutes taking photos with and around the Monument we decided to move on but I wanted to stalk the CCP Headquarters a bit longer and take some pictures of the building. Unfortunately there was no gift shop and I didn't have an arranged tour (since I don't play Eve any more and you have to EveMail to arrange a tour, doh). Outside photos had to do!
Then, we still didn't leave the area. It was lunch time and just underneath the CCP Headquarters was Bryggjan Brugghús which is a microbrewery and bistro. It felt like we were having dinner - candle lit and dark. The food and beer was amazing, if I worked at CCP I would not be able to stay away from this place.
Finally after lunch it was time to move on. I'm glad that I was able to visit the Monument and see where the CCP staff work, it definitely closed that chapter, but you never know with Eve being free to play now I may be tempted to return if I could find the time.
-i