This drive was day 3 in reverse, but longer, since we'd spent the week biking further away from Reykjavik. We drove from Mývatn back to Reykjavik, and the scenery continued to be great, but it was a long day. Back in Reykjavik, Gina and i swung by Art Gallery 101 so i could shop for a souvenir. Then we met up with the rest of the group for dinner, and some miscellaneous clothes shopping. We went back to Cafe Loki for rye bread ice cream and brennavin, then board games back at the hotel.
view from our window in the early morning |
time to wake up; here are some sheep |
sheep, grazing |
the sheep have wandered off; time for breakfast |
hotel room in Mývatn |
art in the hotel lobby |
the statue in front of our hotel, in front of the landscape |
David, in the van |
everyone, in the van |
guide to Icelandic place name words |
leaving Lake Mývatn |
water, fields, mountain, clouds |
landscape and buildings |
a lake in a field |
driving by Goðafoss |
back to the purple and green troll mountains |
bend in a river |
buildings, river, bridge |
approaching Akureyri |
view south from the bridge into Akureyri |
dropping Joe off at the airport in Akureyri |
giant church in Akureyri |
mountains and glaciers visible in Akureyri |
horses by the fjord |
valley, mountains, clouds |
a house in a foggy valley |
river in a yellow valley |
craggy mountain peaks |
waterfalls and fog on purple mountains |
driving into the fog |
a bit of a canyon at the edge of some mountains |
crossing the canyon |
stopping for snacks; we did not buy any hardfiskur, but it's good that it exists |
river down a valley |
a sheep-sorter, for use when the sheep come down from the mountains at the end of the season |
low clouds over mountains |
mountains and clouds |
a rainbow |
this cloud looks like the space around a bird |
more clouds |
rainbow over a field |
bottom of a waterfall |
fields and mountains |
back in Reykjavik, we stopped by a bookstore |
speculative fiction translated into Icelandic |
Gleðigata pride sign |
art at Mama vegan restaurant, where we had dinner |
fizzy lemonade |
tile art |
a nice roof, seen across the rainbow street |
more metal roofs, seen from the roof deck at the restaurant |
West African peanut stew |
rhubarb art |
graffiti about covid |