Stykkishólmur, Iceland

... with Houses, Lundey: Puffin Island.  You get the idea.  To get to this Flatey, we took the ferry from Stykkishólmur.  Once again I was struck by culture shock after being in Peru and watching hundreds of men loading boats by hand...   ...

What a strange night. Awake every hour to go out onto the balcony and stare into the skies for the Northern Lights. No luck. Am I looking in the wrong direction? Am I missing them between alarms? Will I ever see them? Are they such a gift as to only ...

... - almost couldn't open the car door - and also saw a pretty yellow sand beach at Skardsvik. We finally made it to Stykkisholmur and checked into our hotel. We went shopping at the grocery store for some lunch foods for the rest of the trip and then ...

Some answers to questions from A Rough Guide to Iceland * Foxes came over on icebergs like the polar bears * Reindeer were brought from Norway for hunting and horses for riding (no horses species have been introduced in hundreds of years so they are truly ...