I am still amazed at the fact that we could drive up to the President's house without attracting any attention. We saw no signs of any security.
When I was in Iceland in 2005, I visited the Parliament. There was only an old security guard there. There were no metal detectors and non-flash photography was allowed so I took this photo:
However, I apparently upset the security guard at the US Embassy when I took pictures of that building (according to my friend who works there):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEdd0RArADDBhyphenhyphen3VSFM-0mmwleiXGx2bHz26tvbb1lj1TXzXAKufdPLV7g0R00PZ_9g40LA8Xy4vB0dskczUMFrY6Zrh3xFlBm3pBBvbrzBv35ducnTCqoSB6530Fq2056Y8gE0clQA/s400/americanembassy.jpg)
I was able to photograph the German embassy and British embassy with no restrictions.
I think that we are a bit too paranoid in this country.