We spent the previous night in a small area called Laugar in Saelingsdal, and it turns out our accommodations were right next to a natural hot pot:
The hot pot is named Guðrúnarlaug, named after a Viking Guðrún who lived here a thousand years ago and bathed in these waters. It’s a little slimy, but free! If you can find it.
As we headed up into the Westfjords, we stopped at the Icelandic Sheep Farming Museum.
They have a lot of nice information about the Icelandic sheep; the displays are all in Icelandic, but they have English versions in binders that you can carry around. The main draw may be the opportunity to bottle feed a little baby lamb; the lambs weren’t at the museum yet when we were there, as it was a little early in the year; you may want to check with the museum before heading over.
Next we headed to the Icelandic Museum of Witchcraft and Sorcery. This was a fairly small exhibit, detailing the history of magic and spells in Iceland. The kids very much enjoyed it; again, there was an English version of the exhibit information you could carry around.
Then we headed up to Súðavík for the night, which boasts an amazing playground called Raggagarður:
That’s a zipline on the left, plus several different playgrounds. And it’s all free, so it’s a great stop on a road without all that many places to stop.
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