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While some of the family spent the day in Akureyri, the rest of us headed to Húsavík, the self-proclaimed whale capital of Iceland. On the way (well, only slightly out of the way) we stopped at Laufás, a museum featuring a turf house from the 1840s:
Today’s update is in two parts, since we split into two groups. I was part of the group which stayed in Akureyri all day. Here are some highlights!
Hello! Today we drove around Lagarfljót (a lake) and tried to find Lagarfljótsormur, which is a giant wyrm that supposedly lives in the lake.
Hello! Sorry for no Live from Iceland post yesterday; after all of the busy days last week we decided to take a day to relax. Today we first went to the East Iceland Heritage Museum, which had a really cool exhibit about reindeer. The other exhibit in the museum was about an old historical turf …
We spent much of the day in the lovely Seyðisfjörður. First stop was a short walk to the Skaftfell museum, where we saw an exhibit that was just about to be taken down. It was called “Frontiers of Solitude.” Presumably there will be a new exhibit for the summer.
After yesterday’s long (for us) car ride, we spent today in and around Höfn. We explored the town a little, and found um, those boots above. As well as the Gamlabúð Folk Museum, which is attached to the Visitor’s Center by the harbor. It’s a small 2 story museum, but it’s free!
