Hotel Akureyri
Hafnarstraeti 67 Akureyri, 600, Iceland
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To and around Akureyri
... would survive the winter, or even fly at all with wings that seem too small for its body and work overtime in flight. Then we followed the north coast before heading up the Jokulsa a Fjollum river, which flows across the island from the Vatnajokull in the south.
At Asbyrgi a semi-circle of basaltic cliffs encloses a flat valley and basalt “island” in the middle, which legend attributes to a hoof-print of Odin’s eight legged steed, ...
Goða helgi
... so you an swim most of the year, and that swimming pools like this can be found all over Iceland? Wow. I wish I could have taken pictures.
After swimming, Ragney and I went to get ice cream from a gas station, which was surprisingly fantastic. Then we went to the year-round Christmas store. The Christmas store was adorable and full of ornaments, trolls, and candy from various parts of scandinavia and the world. I think my favorite things ...
De tocht door het Noorden: deel 2
... telelens en het statief nog opgehaald om er een paar op de plaat vast te leggen. Vervolgens zijn we naar de rivier de Laxa gereden omdat daar Harlekijneenden zouden zijn. Die hebben we daar bij de stroomversnellingen inderdaad gevonden en ook nog de IJslandse Brilduiker. Gelukkig heb ik ook deze nog weten te fotograferen. Vervolgens zijn we lekker terug naar de camping gereden omdat we het weer genoeg vonden voor vandaag. Er is hier nog wel het een en ander te zien dus morgen ...
Tipperary
... an expensive place to live. At one of our stops we watched a transaction in a small café. The tourist wanted to buy a loaf of the steam-cooked bread (explanation to follow) and the man behind the counter brought out a small chunk of brown bread, about enough to make maybe 2 sandwiches. The price was $12 US. When people here build their houses they dig a hole nearby and because they are essentially living on top of steam, they can place their bread dough in an oven ...
Midget lake
... just next to the waterfall and the story was
that the man who decided they should convert to christianity got all his pagan
symbols and statues and threw them into the waterfall, hence the name. It was
quite a place and so loud! It was quite a short stop so after a few photos we
hopped back on the coach and drove on. The next stop was at a hotel on the edge
of Lake Myvatn, otherwise known in English as Midge lake! Thankfully ...



