Foss Aning Saudarkrokur

... so I guess that there isn't a problem with sheep getting hit on the roads.

 The Sheep are rounded up in what is known as a "rettir" in September.  The farmers go out on horseback and with dogs (There is also a unique breed of Iceland Sheepdog that looks like a small, ginger-hued spitz dog; they are very friendly.) and on a single appointed day round up the sheep, drive them into circular pens with a wedge designated for each farmer.  The sheep ...

The morning was done at a leisurely pace due to not a good night's sleep. Jeff and I both had very strange dreams as well as a visit from Daniel, who then proceeded to kick me and try to lay on Jeff's stomach! Dreams consisted of me meeting Mr T from the A Team in a supermarket and Jeff chasing some folk who had stolen something from us! Not sure where they came from, but we didn't eat ...

Notre enquête est très difficile. Les traces que nous avons vues à différents endroits ne sont pas très nettes, mais maintenant nous sommes à peu près sûrs que ce sont des Trolls.


Les Trolls étaient les premiers habitants de l’Islande, il y a très longtemps. Les premiers qui les ont vu sont les Vikings avant le dixième siècle, en fait en 783, un samedi matin, à 9:17 !





Blönduós, Northeast, Iceland jpbigan

Lever à l’aurore. Au fait, c’est quoi l’aurore ici ?











Petite balade matinale au milieu de l’enfer bouillonnant. Ici la terre travaille au chaud











La vapeur à plus de 100°C sort du moindre trou, de la moindre fissure et parfois traverse les piscines ...

I finished Journey to the Centre of the Earth last night. Well worth reading a second time, especially considering this setting. The part about travelling into Faxa Bay and Reykjavik in the 1800s when there were just two streets was most interesting. I learned a bit of Icelandic too.
Saellvertu - be happy (a greeting)
Geyser means 'fury' - what a phenomenon
I really regret we do not have a dictionary. They were 79 ...

... to Hvammstangi,
then Ósar

... main attraction, Dettifoss, Europe's most powerful waterfall. I set up my tripod at the edge and felt distinctly nervous the whole time. One wouldn't want to take a misstep here, no siree Bob. My constant companions were these Icelandic flies with suicidal tendencies - Why else would they insist on trying to fly into my mouth?!!? I left the national park at about 1:30 and headed back on route 1 to Akureyri. Just before Lake Myvatn, I spotted a hot springs called ...

... stayed for about 15 minutes. Ho hum. I carried on until I arrived at Akureyri, Iceland's 2nd biggest city with a whopping population of 15,139 according to my Lonely Planet, where I'd be staying the next two nights. Akureyri lies at the head of a long fjord and is charming. It has a funky modern church on a hill overlooking the city centre and a couple of streets with shops, restaurants, cafes, etc. After checking in at my Hotel Edda ...

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Vi stod opp tidlig og beynte dagen med kakao og speilegg. Hvem har sagt at vi ikke kan kose oss selv om vi bare har en primus og tysker-naboer som bare spiser tysk boksmat...?? I dag kjørte vi først til Akureyri. her bestillte vi tur til Askja med 4 WD buss i morgen. Var rundt i byen og sullet, spiste hamburger og hadde det egentlig ganske bra :-) Etter lunsj kjørte vi vei 83 mot Laufas. Der er det flere toftehus som er åpne for publikum. Husene er bygget i 1866-79 ...