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Saturday, August 23, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Day 9 - South Iceland
We had a long drive back to Reykjavik today, but made a couple of stops and managed to see a couple puffins! Tomorrow we will be headed back to Minneapolis.
Day 8 - I have to touch a glacier.
Today we left Hofn for the Foss Hotel Nupar, which is the one in the lava field made out of shipping containers. It is actually the nicest place we have been in. Today we continued to be stymied in our attempts to touch a glacier. It turns out that glaciers create large rivers in the heat of summer, and we didn't want to swim. Now to the pictures:
This is glacier bay. Icebergs from the glacier.
We finally found a hunk of ice from the glacier and climbed down to touch it. It turns out that wet rocks, seaweed and icebergs are all very slick. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures of two old guys falling down, hopefully they don't exist.
No new news on the volcano. We are headed back to Reykjavik tomorrow. Here is the view from out hotel tonight.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Day 7 - On the way to Hofn
Today we drove along the east coast in and out of many fjords. The scenery has continued to amaze us, plus we drove through a few tunnels. One was one lane, so you had to be prepared to pull over mid tunnel to let others pass, and one was nearly 4 miles long.
This is an Icelandic horse. He kind of looks like Donald Trump. No other horses are allowed to come to the island, and if an Icelandic horse leaves, it isn't allowed to return.
Sheep are everywhere. The even nap on the road. They are kind of cute. We have still not seen any puffin or reindeer.
We visited a beach with tiny black pebbles, which was also cool. I wanted to bring them home.
Our evening wrapped up with another amazing meal in an old building on the waterfront.
No new activity with the volcano, but they have told us that even if something happens, we are out of the danger zone!
Day 6 - Full update
Today we had a longer travel day with photo stops along the way. We are now on the east coast of the island at Neskaupstadur for the night. We have been through many varied landscapes, some which looked like the moon. We had an early dinner and then found an incredible trail at the edge of town and hiked until nearly 10 pm. We can hear the waves crashing from our hotel.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Day 6 - traveling to Nestkaupstadur
We have some pics to share but no Internet connection, so stay tuned. The volcano update is that there is no new news. A local told us that even if there is an eruption, it won't affect our travel route. Will try and post today's pictures tomorrow.
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